- Lead
- 10,123
- Total
- 33,359
- vs nation
- D+31.8
Illinois 2nd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 17,101
- Total
- 36,861
- vs nation
- D+41.9
- Lead
- 16,912
- Total
- 34,755
- vs nation
- D+46.6
- Lead
- 14,327
- Total
- 31,761
- vs nation
- D+41.3
- Lead
- 16,566
- Total
- 33,272
- vs nation
- D+42.5
- Lead
- 11,580
- Total
- 32,642
- vs nation
- D+37.9
- Lead
- 10,393
- Total
- 29,403
- vs nation
- D+34.8
- Lead
- 9,792
- Total
- 27,719
- vs nation
- D+26.8
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+30.3MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 108,6322024 5-year
- Population density
- 8,107 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 13.4 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $77,6232024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 25.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 3.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 68.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+49.8 in 2008MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+54.7 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 21, IL · twin score 99.2
presidential history
Party record book
Illinois 2nd State House District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 (partial returns from 1876) · 38 presidential cycles · 38 with a vote-share denominator · 34 with a national benchmark
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
74.7%
24,865 votes · D+49.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 72.2%
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
75.7%
11,024 votes · R+54.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James A. Garfield, 1880 · 67.7%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
26,598votes
72.2% of the vote · D+46.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 24,865 votes
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
22,591votes
60.2% of the vote · R+20.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 21,290 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
Hillary Clinton2016
+46.6pts D vs U.S.
Place D+48.7 · U.S. D+2.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · +42.5 pts
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
+28.5pts R vs U.S.
Place R+54.7 · U.S. R+26.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Theodore Roosevelt, 1904 · +20.1 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Situated in the heavily urbanized north side of Chicago, this district posts some of the state's widest presidential margins, reflecting a dense concentration of college-educated renters and longtime Democratic-leaning neighborhoods.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 49.8 points in 2008 and a Republican high of 54.7 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 16.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 30.3 points.
A population of 108,632, a 25% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $77,623 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 21 and State House District 43.
The state-house districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
District research tools
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