- Lead
- 7,067
- Total
- 113,960
- vs nation
- R+4.7
Illinois 32nd State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 5,163
- Total
- 115,347
- vs nation
- R+8.9
- Lead
- 9,638
- Total
- 100,700
- vs nation
- R+11.7
- Lead
- 13,939
- Total
- 95,628
- vs nation
- R+18.4
- Lead
- 1,340
- Total
- 98,083
- vs nation
- R+8.6
- Lead
- 23,642
- Total
- 92,143
- vs nation
- R+23.2
- Lead
- 19,995
- Total
- 77,485
- vs nation
- R+26.3
- Lead
- 11,662
- Total
- 62,713
- vs nation
- R+27.1
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+6.2MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 217,1042024 5-year
- Population density
- 867 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 250 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $99,9742024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 78.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 13.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Republican margin
- R+77.8 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 35, IL · twin score 95.2
presidential history
Party record book
Illinois 32nd 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
Barack Obama2008
48.4%
47,487 votes · R+1.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 46.5%
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
87.7%
7,155 votes · R+77.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Theodore Roosevelt, 1904 · 81.1%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
53,596votes
46.5% of the vote · R+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 52,389 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
59,456votes
52.2% of the vote · R+6.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 58,759 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
−4.7pts D vs U.S.
Place R+6.2 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · −8.6 pts
Republican
Wendell Willkie1940
+57.8pts R vs U.S.
Place R+47.9 · U.S. D+9.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Thomas E. Dewey, 1944 · +55.5 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 | 48.8%51,584 | 51.2%54,013 | 105,597 |
| 2020 | D | 51.4%55,653 | 48.6%52,524 | 108,177 |
Illinois 32nd State Senate District sits in the Upper Midwest. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 77.8 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 6.2 points.
A population of 217,104, a 79% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $99,974 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 35 and State Senate District 16.
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 32nd State Senate District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-upper/17032/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.