Oblong, IL
| Election | Margin |
|---|---|
| 2008 | R+15.8 |
| 2012 | R+41.6 |
| 2016 | R+56.1 |
| 2020 | R+62.2 |
| 2024 | R+59.9 |
Turnout is unavailable because a compatible reported ballots-cast numerator and denominator are not both present.
Akashic
| Population | 1,634 |
|---|---|
| Latest presidential result | R+59.9 (2024) |
| Results on record | 2004–2024 presidential |
| Median household income | $57,917 |
| County | Crawford County |
| State | IL |
Place narrative
Oblong sits in Crawford County, where historical oil extraction shaped both the local economy and a persistently rural, working-class electorate that has swung heavily Republican in recent statewide cycles.
Akashic
Presidential history
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Other | Candidate total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | −59.9% | 127 | 522 | 11 | 660 |
| 2020 | R | −62.2% | 120 | 542 | 16 | 678 |
| 2016 | R | −56.1% | 124 | 471 | 24 | 619 |
| 2012 | R | −41.6% | 179 | 444 | 14 | 637 |
| 2008 | R | −15.8% | 269 | 374 | 20 | 663 |
| 2004† | R | −32.4% | 228 | 447 | 2 | 677 |
Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits.
These Census-place returns are modeled candidate-vote estimates on Census boundaries unless a row explicitly says certified. They are not automatically the official city or town return.
† 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source reported that cycle at county or municipality level (COVID-era consolidated reporting), so block-level detail is interpolated from adjacent cycles and scaled to certified totals.
Demographics
Akashic
| Race & Ethnicity | |
|---|---|
| White | 94.7% |
| Black | 0.1% |
| Asian | 0.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0.1% |
| Income & Age | |
| Median household income | $57,917 |
| Poverty rate | 13.9% |
| Median age | 38.7 |
| Age 18–29 | 18.2% |
| Age 65 and older | 22.1% |
| Education & Language | |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher (25+) | 11.3% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 0.3% |
ACS 5-year survey estimates, subject to a margin of error. Race shares are single-race; Hispanic or Latino is a separate, overlapping ethnicity.
Ancestry, religious adherence, and side-by-side parent comparisons appear on the Crawford County county page and the IL state page.