- Lead
- 17,132
- Total
- 98,458
- vs nation
- D+18.9
Illinois 27th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 22,177
- Total
- 104,572
- vs nation
- D+16.8
- Lead
- 17,318
- Total
- 92,692
- vs nation
- D+16.6
- Lead
- 9,987
- Total
- 87,476
- vs nation
- D+7.6
- Lead
- 14,963
- Total
- 90,795
- vs nation
- D+9.2
- Lead
- 871
- Total
- 92,358
- vs nation
- D+3.4
- Lead
- 467
- Total
- 84,009
- vs nation
- Even
- Lead
- 1,723
- Total
- 78,642
- vs nation
- R+6.3
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+17.4MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 217,1522024 5-year
- Population density
- 5,146 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 42.2 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $102,3902024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 65.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 16.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+21.2 in 2020MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+72.0 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 29, IL · twin score 94.2
presidential history
Party record book
Illinois 27th State Senate 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
Joe Biden2020
59.6%
62,317 votes · D+21.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 57.5%
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
82.8%
48,212 votes · R+72.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956 · 75.8%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
62,317votes
59.6% of the vote · D+21.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 56,589 votes
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
97,922votes
75.8% of the vote · R+51.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 93,180 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
+18.9pts D vs U.S.
Place D+17.4 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · +16.8 pts
Republican
William McKinley1896
+47.1pts R vs U.S.
Place R+53.1 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Charles E. Hughes, 1916 · +46.4 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 | 73.1%60,908 | 26.9%22,376 | 83,284 |
Illinois 27th State Senate District sits in the Upper Midwest. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 21.2 points in 2020 and a Republican high of 72.0 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 17.4 points.
A population of 217,152, a 66% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $102,390 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 29 and State Senate District 21.
The state-senate 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 27th State Senate District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-upper/17027/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.