- Lead
- 22,621
- Total
- 39,776
- vs nation
- D+58.3
Illinois 103rd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 23,782
- Total
- 42,816
- vs nation
- D+51.1
- Lead
- 21,928
- Total
- 44,119
- vs nation
- D+47.6
- Lead
- 15,564
- Total
- 36,100
- vs nation
- D+39.3
- Lead
- 20,790
- Total
- 40,204
- vs nation
- D+44.4
- Lead
- 14,767
- Total
- 36,995
- vs nation
- D+42.4
- Lead
- 12,524
- Total
- 33,280
- vs nation
- D+37.1
- Lead
- 12,231
- Total
- 30,476
- vs nation
- D+31.6
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+56.9MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 108,5532024 5-year
- Population density
- 4,224 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 25.7 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $43,2602024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 47.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 19.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 10.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+56.9 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+11.3 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 61, IN · twin score 92.7
presidential history
Party record book
Illinois 103rd 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
Kamala Harris2024
77.1%
30,657 votes · D+56.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 75.9%
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
52.7%
4,282 votes · R+11.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Herbert Hoover, 1928 · 48.2%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
32,476votes
75.9% of the vote · D+55.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Hillary Clinton, 2016 · 30,995 votes
Republican
George W. Bush2004
10,830votes
29.3% of the vote · D+39.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 10,653 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
Kamala Harris2024
+58.3pts D vs U.S.
Place D+56.9 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · +51.1 pts
Republican
William H. Taft1912
−11.3pts R vs U.S.
Place D+30.8 · U.S. D+19.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Thomas E. Dewey, 1948 · −11.3 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 | D | 56.6%24,639 | 43.4%18,874 | 43,513 |
| 2020 | D | 58.1%28,398 | 41.9%20,471 | 48,869 |
Illinois 103rd State House District sits in the Upper Midwest. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 56.9 points in 2024 and a Republican high of 11.3 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.3 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 56.9 points.
A population of 108,553, a 47% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $43,260 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 61 and State House District 82.
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 103rd State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/17103/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.