- Lead
- 15,047
- Total
- 29,872
- vs nation
- D+51.8
Illinois 32nd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 26,013
- Total
- 37,598
- vs nation
- D+64.7
- Lead
- 30,639
- Total
- 40,329
- vs nation
- D+73.9
- Lead
- 27,568
- Total
- 36,982
- vs nation
- D+70.7
- Lead
- 30,717
- Total
- 39,895
- vs nation
- D+69.7
- Lead
- 25,718
- Total
- 36,731
- vs nation
- D+72.5
- Lead
- 22,786
- Total
- 32,773
- vs nation
- D+69.0
- Lead
- 20,637
- Total
- 30,424
- vs nation
- D+59.3
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+50.4MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 108,5362024 5-year
- Population density
- 9,691 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 11.2 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $58,0782024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 13.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 48.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 34.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+77.0 in 2008MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+13.7 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 6, IL · twin score 97.9
presidential history
Party record book
Illinois 32nd 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
88.4%
35,252 votes · D+77.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 87.1%
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
52.9%
5,772 votes · R+13.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Calvin Coolidge, 1924 · 46.8%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
35,252votes
88.4% of the vote · D+77.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Hillary Clinton, 2016 · 34,895 votes
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
12,259votes
36.6% of the vote · D+26.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 11,703 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
+73.9pts D vs U.S.
Place D+76.0 · U.S. D+2.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John Kerry, 2004 · +72.5 pts
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
−12.4pts R vs U.S.
Place R+13.7 · U.S. R+26.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Calvin Coolidge, 1924 · −15.2 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Illinois 32nd State House District sits in the Upper Midwest. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 77.0 points in 2008 and a Republican high of 13.7 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 18.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 50.4 points.
A population of 108,536, a 14% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $58,078 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 6 and State House District 28.
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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Illinois 32nd State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/17032/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.