- Lead
- 3,672
- Total
- 48,140
- vs nation
- R+6.2
Illinois 71st State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 2,387
- Total
- 50,473
- vs nation
- R+9.2
- Lead
- 1,704
- Total
- 50,046
- vs nation
- R+5.5
- Lead
- 7,799
- Total
- 50,899
- vs nation
- D+11.5
- Lead
- 9,840
- Total
- 52,594
- vs nation
- D+11.4
- Lead
- 4,296
- Total
- 54,958
- vs nation
- D+10.3
- Lead
- 5,830
- Total
- 49,841
- vs nation
- D+11.2
- Lead
- 9,364
- Total
- 48,070
- vs nation
- D+11.0
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+7.6MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 108,7352024 5-year
- Population density
- 105 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 1,037 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $63,4772024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 78.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 7.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+19.5 in 1996MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+45.3 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 74, OH · twin score 87.4
presidential history
Party record book
Illinois 71st 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
58.4%
30,712 votes · D+18.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 56.5%
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
69.0%
25,981 votes · R+45.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Herbert Hoover, 1928 · 68.7%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
30,803votes
55.6% of the vote · D+11.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 30,712 votes
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1952
36,041votes
63.5% of the vote · R+27.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956 · 35,030 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
Michael Dukakis1988
+14.4pts D vs U.S.
Place D+6.7 · U.S. R+7.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · +11.5 pts
Republican
Thomas E. Dewey1944
+22.8pts R vs U.S.
Place R+15.3 · U.S. D+7.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Alf Landon, 1936 · +21.0 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row is a county-allocated estimate of U.S. House votes for this district — county returns apportioned onto its boundary, not precinct-counted. “Vote lead” is the estimated local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
| Year | Vote lead | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | 40.3%19,146 | 59.7%28,359 | 47,505 |
| 2020 | R | 46.6%24,015 | 53.4%27,485 | 51,500 |
Illinois 71st State House District sits in the Upper Midwest. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 19.5 points in 1996 and a Republican high of 45.3 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 7.6 points.
A population of 108,735, a 78% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $63,477 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 74 and State House District 44.
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 71st State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/17071/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.