- Lead
- 10,713
- Total
- 27,396
- vs nation
- D+40.6
Illinois 60th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 15,581
- Total
- 31,859
- vs nation
- D+44.5
- Lead
- 15,934
- Total
- 31,349
- vs nation
- D+48.7
- Lead
- 12,442
- Total
- 28,617
- vs nation
- D+39.6
- Lead
- 16,350
- Total
- 31,117
- vs nation
- D+45.3
- Lead
- 9,213
- Total
- 26,583
- vs nation
- D+37.1
- Lead
- 7,894
- Total
- 23,095
- vs nation
- D+33.7
- Lead
- 6,529
- Total
- 19,843
- vs nation
- D+24.4
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+39.1MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 108,7052024 5-year
- Population density
- 3,264 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 33.3 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $70,1372024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 19.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 18.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 54.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+52.5 in 2008MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+55.8 in 1924MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 3, IL · twin score 95.6
presidential history
Party record book
Illinois 60th 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
75.9%
23,617 votes · D+52.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 73.0%
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
71.5%
893 votes · R+48.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Calvin Coolidge, 1924 · 71.2%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
23,617votes
75.9% of the vote · D+52.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 23,266 votes
Republican
George W. Bush2004
8,633votes
32.5% of the vote · D+34.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 8,082 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
+48.7pts D vs U.S.
Place D+50.8 · U.S. D+2.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · +45.3 pts
Republican
Calvin Coolidge1924
+30.6pts R vs U.S.
Place R+55.8 · U.S. R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · +22.1 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
With a 2024 presidential margin of D+39, this Chicago-area district ranks among the state's most reliably left-of-center constituencies, reflecting the dense urban demographics typical of heavily blue Illinois legislative seats.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 52.5 points in 2008 and a Republican high of 55.8 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 9.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 39.1 points.
A population of 108,705, a 20% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $70,137 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 3 and State House District 21.
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 60th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/17060/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.