1908 United States presidential election in Illinois
1908 United States presidential election in Illinois|
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![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Illinois_Presidential_Election_Results_1908.svg/350px-Illinois_Presidential_Election_Results_1908.svg.png) County Results
Taft
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
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Bryan
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
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The 1908 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on November 3, 1908. All contemporary 46 states were part of the 1908 United States presidential election. State voters chose 27 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
Illinois was won by the Republican nominees, former Secretary of War William Howard Taft of Ohio and his running mate James S. Sherman of New York. They defeated the Democratic nominees, former representative William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska and his running with John W. Kern, a former Indiana state senator. Taft won the state by a margin of 15.51%.
In this election, Illinois voted 6.97% to the right of the nation at-large.[1]
Bryan had previously lost Illinois to William McKinley in both 1896 and 1900.
Results
Chicago results
Results by county
County
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William Howard Taft[4] Republican
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William Jennings Bryan[4] Democratic
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Eugene Victor Debs[4] Social Democratic
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Eugene Wilder Chafin[4] Prohibition
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Various candidates[4] Other parties
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Margin
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Total votes cast
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%
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%
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%
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%
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%
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%
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Adams
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7,233
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44.34%
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8,294
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50.84%
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496
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3.04%
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242
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1.48%
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49
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0.30%
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-1,061
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-6.50%
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16,314
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Alexander
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3,790
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63.85%
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2,027
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34.15%
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56
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0.94%
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54
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0.91%
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9
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0.15%
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1,763
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29.70%
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5,936
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Bond
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2,143
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53.68%
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1,465
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36.70%
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84
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2.10%
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289
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7.24%
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11
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0.28%
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678
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16.98%
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3,992
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Boone
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2,805
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76.06%
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587
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15.92%
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127
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3.44%
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155
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4.20%
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14
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0.38%
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2,218
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60.14%
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3,688
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Brown
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947
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35.83%
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1,609
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60.88%
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11
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0.42%
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64
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2.42%
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12
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0.45%
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-662
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-25.05%
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2,643
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Bureau
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5,280
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57.48%
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2,871
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31.25%
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424
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4.62%
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534
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5.81%
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77
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0.84%
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2,409
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26.22%
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9,186
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Calhoun
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735
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42.58%
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905
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52.43%
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8
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0.46%
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76
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4.40%
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2
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0.12%
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-170
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-9.85%
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1,726
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Carroll
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2,875
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66.71%
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1,129
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26.19%
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67
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1.55%
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223
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5.17%
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16
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0.37%
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1,746
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40.51%
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4,310
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Cass
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1,878
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42.46%
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2,434
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55.03%
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14
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0.32%
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90
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2.03%
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7
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0.16%
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-556
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-12.57%
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4,423
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Champaign
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7,162
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57.15%
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4,830
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38.54%
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42
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0.34%
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472
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3.77%
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25
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0.20%
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2,332
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18.61%
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12,531
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Christian
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3,686
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43.63%
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4,156
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49.19%
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260
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3.08%
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324
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3.83%
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23
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0.27%
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-470
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-5.56%
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8,449
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Clark
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3,158
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51.26%
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2,793
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45.33%
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18
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0.29%
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159
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2.58%
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33
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0.54%
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365
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5.92%
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6,161
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Clay
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2,250
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49.53%
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2,152
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47.37%
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42
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0.92%
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96
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2.11%
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3
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0.07%
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98
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2.16%
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4,543
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Clinton
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2,104
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39.11%
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3,016
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56.06%
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181
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3.36%
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61
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1.13%
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18
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0.33%
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-912
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-16.95%
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5,380
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Coles
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4,388
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50.83%
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3,957
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45.84%
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58
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0.67%
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206
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2.39%
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23
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0.27%
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431
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4.99%
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8,632
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Cook
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230,400
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55.51%
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152,990
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36.86%
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18,842
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4.54%
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5,965
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1.44%
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6,894
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1.66%
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77,410
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18.65%
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415,091
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Crawford
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3,090
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49.42%
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2,890
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46.23%
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42
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0.67%
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207
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3.31%
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23
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0.37%
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200
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3.20%
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6,252
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Cumberland
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1,739
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47.66%
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1,810
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49.60%
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13
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0.36%
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81
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2.22%
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6
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0.16%
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-71
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-1.95%
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3,649
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DeKalb
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5,866
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72.50%
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1,732
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21.41%
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97
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1.20%
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341
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4.21%
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55
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0.68%
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4,134
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51.09%
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8,091
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DeWitt
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2,628
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53.17%
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2,155
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43.60%
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15
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0.30%
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138
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2.79%
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7
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0.14%
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473
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9.57%
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4,943
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Douglas
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2,656
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55.33%
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1,917
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39.94%
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11
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0.23%
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192
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4.00%
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24
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0.50%
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739
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15.40%
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4,800
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DuPage
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4,530
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63.98%
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1,975
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27.90%
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77
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1.09%
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449
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6.34%
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49
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0.69%
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2,555
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36.09%
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7,080
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Edgar
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3,757
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50.46%
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3,433
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46.11%
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50
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0.67%
|
189
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2.54%
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16
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0.21%
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324
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4.35%
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7,445
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Edwards
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1,614
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64.48%
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747
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29.84%
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14
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0.56%
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120
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4.79%
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8
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0.32%
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867
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34.64%
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2,503
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Effingham
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1,877
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38.86%
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2,826
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58.51%
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29
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0.60%
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91
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1.88%
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7
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0.14%
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-949
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-19.65%
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4,830
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Fayette
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3,261
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48.67%
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3,193
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47.66%
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31
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0.46%
|
203
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3.03%
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12
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0.18%
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68
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1.01%
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6,700
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Ford
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2,617
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65.59%
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1,164
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29.17%
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10
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0.25%
|
178
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4.46%
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21
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0.53%
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1,453
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36.42%
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3,990
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Franklin
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2,539
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48.52%
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2,401
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45.88%
|
152
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2.90%
|
121
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2.31%
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20
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0.38%
|
138
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2.64%
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5,233
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Fulton
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6,077
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50.54%
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4,906
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40.80%
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568
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4.72%
|
405
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3.37%
|
69
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0.57%
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1,171
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9.74%
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12,025
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Gallatin
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1,411
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41.77%
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1,845
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54.62%
|
34
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1.01%
|
81
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2.40%
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7
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0.21%
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-434
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-12.85%
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3,378
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Greene
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2,004
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37.19%
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3,159
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58.62%
|
49
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0.91%
|
166
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3.08%
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11
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0.20%
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-1,155
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-21.43%
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5,389
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Grundy
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3,127
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63.08%
|
1,359
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27.42%
|
207
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4.18%
|
190
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3.83%
|
74
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1.49%
|
1,768
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35.67%
|
4,957
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Hamilton
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1,809
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44.26%
|
2,128
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52.07%
|
30
|
0.73%
|
110
|
2.69%
|
10
|
0.24%
|
-319
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-7.81%
|
4,087
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Hancock
|
3,781
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45.47%
|
4,260
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51.23%
|
38
|
0.46%
|
226
|
2.72%
|
10
|
0.12%
|
-479
|
-5.76%
|
8,315
|
Hardin
|
813
|
52.52%
|
680
|
43.93%
|
9
|
0.58%
|
45
|
2.91%
|
1
|
0.06%
|
133
|
8.59%
|
1,548
|
Henderson
|
1,547
|
62.23%
|
820
|
32.98%
|
12
|
0.48%
|
102
|
4.10%
|
5
|
0.20%
|
727
|
29.24%
|
2,486
|
Henry
|
6,387
|
64.53%
|
2,499
|
25.25%
|
438
|
4.43%
|
478
|
4.83%
|
95
|
0.96%
|
3,888
|
39.28%
|
9,897
|
Iroquois
|
4,855
|
58.94%
|
2,966
|
36.01%
|
67
|
0.81%
|
314
|
3.81%
|
35
|
0.42%
|
1,889
|
22.93%
|
8,237
|
Jackson
|
4,016
|
53.07%
|
3,149
|
41.61%
|
145
|
1.92%
|
234
|
3.09%
|
24
|
0.32%
|
867
|
11.46%
|
7,568
|
Jasper
|
1,860
|
43.01%
|
2,317
|
53.57%
|
7
|
0.16%
|
131
|
3.03%
|
10
|
0.23%
|
-457
|
-10.57%
|
4,325
|
Jefferson
|
3,210
|
47.30%
|
3,377
|
49.76%
|
33
|
0.49%
|
133
|
1.96%
|
34
|
0.50%
|
-167
|
-2.46%
|
6,787
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Jersey
|
1,460
|
43.17%
|
1,818
|
53.76%
|
26
|
0.77%
|
71
|
2.10%
|
7
|
0.21%
|
-358
|
-10.59%
|
3,382
|
Jo Daviess
|
3,132
|
54.57%
|
2,310
|
40.25%
|
94
|
1.64%
|
184
|
3.21%
|
19
|
0.33%
|
822
|
14.32%
|
5,739
|
Johnson
|
1,913
|
62.27%
|
1,055
|
34.34%
|
20
|
0.65%
|
81
|
2.64%
|
3
|
0.10%
|
858
|
27.93%
|
3,072
|
Kane
|
12,840
|
70.29%
|
4,316
|
23.63%
|
311
|
1.70%
|
618
|
3.38%
|
182
|
1.00%
|
8,524
|
46.66%
|
18,267
|
Kankakee
|
5,999
|
68.46%
|
2,461
|
28.08%
|
74
|
0.84%
|
184
|
2.10%
|
45
|
0.51%
|
3,538
|
40.37%
|
8,763
|
Kendall
|
1,948
|
73.87%
|
556
|
21.08%
|
11
|
0.42%
|
116
|
4.40%
|
6
|
0.23%
|
1,392
|
52.79%
|
2,637
|
Knox
|
7,084
|
63.83%
|
3,277
|
29.53%
|
320
|
2.88%
|
381
|
3.43%
|
36
|
0.32%
|
3,807
|
34.30%
|
11,098
|
Lake
|
6,392
|
68.15%
|
2,264
|
24.14%
|
237
|
2.53%
|
352
|
3.75%
|
134
|
1.43%
|
4,128
|
44.01%
|
9,379
|
LaSalle
|
11,159
|
55.59%
|
7,589
|
37.81%
|
705
|
3.51%
|
454
|
2.26%
|
167
|
0.83%
|
3,570
|
17.78%
|
20,074
|
Lawrence
|
2,197
|
47.16%
|
2,253
|
48.36%
|
14
|
0.30%
|
192
|
4.12%
|
3
|
0.06%
|
-56
|
-1.20%
|
4,659
|
Lee
|
4,255
|
63.50%
|
2,144
|
32.00%
|
37
|
0.55%
|
232
|
3.46%
|
33
|
0.49%
|
2,111
|
31.50%
|
6,701
|
Livingston
|
5,358
|
55.84%
|
3,778
|
39.37%
|
73
|
0.76%
|
347
|
3.62%
|
40
|
0.42%
|
1,580
|
16.47%
|
9,596
|
Logan
|
3,451
|
47.44%
|
3,546
|
48.74%
|
81
|
1.11%
|
172
|
2.36%
|
25
|
0.34%
|
-95
|
-1.31%
|
7,275
|
Macon
|
6,643
|
55.98%
|
4,615
|
38.89%
|
170
|
1.43%
|
399
|
3.36%
|
39
|
0.33%
|
2,028
|
17.09%
|
11,866
|
Macoupin
|
4,988
|
42.76%
|
5,775
|
49.51%
|
511
|
4.38%
|
340
|
2.91%
|
50
|
0.43%
|
-787
|
-6.75%
|
11,664
|
Madison
|
9,463
|
51.14%
|
7,812
|
42.22%
|
814
|
4.40%
|
351
|
1.90%
|
63
|
0.34%
|
1,651
|
8.92%
|
18,503
|
Marion
|
3,435
|
43.14%
|
4,001
|
50.24%
|
270
|
3.39%
|
201
|
2.52%
|
56
|
0.70%
|
-566
|
-7.11%
|
7,963
|
Marshall
|
1,893
|
50.13%
|
1,714
|
45.39%
|
48
|
1.27%
|
113
|
2.99%
|
8
|
0.21%
|
179
|
4.74%
|
3,776
|
Mason
|
1,924
|
43.49%
|
2,264
|
51.18%
|
24
|
0.54%
|
204
|
4.61%
|
8
|
0.18%
|
-340
|
-7.69%
|
4,424
|
Massac
|
2,084
|
73.67%
|
652
|
23.05%
|
7
|
0.25%
|
85
|
3.00%
|
1
|
0.04%
|
1,432
|
50.62%
|
2,829
|
McDonough
|
3,733
|
51.05%
|
3,112
|
42.56%
|
84
|
1.15%
|
374
|
5.11%
|
9
|
0.12%
|
621
|
8.49%
|
7,312
|
McHenry
|
5,331
|
71.07%
|
1,887
|
25.16%
|
51
|
0.68%
|
194
|
2.59%
|
38
|
0.51%
|
3,444
|
45.91%
|
7,501
|
McLean
|
8,953
|
55.88%
|
5,982
|
37.33%
|
197
|
1.23%
|
840
|
5.24%
|
51
|
0.32%
|
2,971
|
18.54%
|
16,023
|
Menard
|
1,600
|
45.56%
|
1,748
|
49.77%
|
19
|
0.54%
|
135
|
3.84%
|
10
|
0.28%
|
-148
|
-4.21%
|
3,512
|
Mercer
|
2,871
|
57.51%
|
1,777
|
35.60%
|
85
|
1.70%
|
231
|
4.63%
|
28
|
0.56%
|
1,094
|
21.92%
|
4,992
|
Monroe
|
1,733
|
52.95%
|
1,512
|
46.20%
|
9
|
0.27%
|
15
|
0.46%
|
4
|
0.12%
|
221
|
6.75%
|
3,273
|
Montgomery
|
3,782
|
45.64%
|
3,909
|
47.17%
|
242
|
2.92%
|
318
|
3.84%
|
36
|
0.43%
|
-127
|
-1.53%
|
8,287
|
Morgan
|
4,019
|
48.06%
|
3,993
|
47.75%
|
116
|
1.39%
|
204
|
2.44%
|
31
|
0.37%
|
26
|
0.31%
|
8,363
|
Moultrie
|
1,704
|
48.44%
|
1,695
|
48.18%
|
19
|
0.54%
|
93
|
2.64%
|
7
|
0.20%
|
9
|
0.26%
|
3,518
|
Ogle
|
4,848
|
69.24%
|
1,761
|
25.15%
|
28
|
0.40%
|
338
|
4.83%
|
27
|
0.39%
|
3,087
|
44.09%
|
7,002
|
Peoria
|
10,828
|
52.47%
|
8,898
|
43.12%
|
515
|
2.50%
|
299
|
1.45%
|
95
|
0.46%
|
1,930
|
9.35%
|
20,635
|
Perry
|
2,392
|
46.27%
|
2,482
|
48.01%
|
67
|
1.30%
|
192
|
3.71%
|
37
|
0.72%
|
-90
|
-1.74%
|
5,170
|
Piatt
|
2,349
|
57.96%
|
1,530
|
37.75%
|
12
|
0.30%
|
153
|
3.77%
|
9
|
0.22%
|
819
|
20.21%
|
4,053
|
Pike
|
2,932
|
40.36%
|
3,859
|
53.12%
|
185
|
2.55%
|
257
|
3.54%
|
32
|
0.44%
|
-927
|
-12.76%
|
7,265
|
Pope
|
1,706
|
67.75%
|
748
|
29.71%
|
6
|
0.24%
|
58
|
2.30%
|
0
|
0.00%
|
958
|
38.05%
|
2,518
|
Pulaski
|
2,185
|
65.24%
|
1,080
|
32.25%
|
19
|
0.57%
|
56
|
1.67%
|
9
|
0.27%
|
1,105
|
32.99%
|
3,349
|
Putnam
|
834
|
62.99%
|
413
|
31.19%
|
16
|
1.21%
|
51
|
3.85%
|
10
|
0.76%
|
421
|
31.80%
|
1,324
|
Randolph
|
3,045
|
47.04%
|
3,172
|
49.00%
|
101
|
1.56%
|
151
|
2.33%
|
4
|
0.06%
|
-127
|
-1.96%
|
6,473
|
Richland
|
1,684
|
44.13%
|
1,938
|
50.79%
|
67
|
1.76%
|
122
|
3.20%
|
5
|
0.13%
|
-254
|
-6.66%
|
3,816
|
Rock Island
|
8,196
|
55.45%
|
4,739
|
32.06%
|
1,072
|
7.25%
|
344
|
2.33%
|
430
|
2.91%
|
3,457
|
23.39%
|
14,781
|
Saline
|
3,125
|
52.12%
|
2,471
|
41.21%
|
249
|
4.15%
|
124
|
2.07%
|
27
|
0.45%
|
654
|
10.91%
|
5,996
|
Sangamon
|
10,422
|
49.79%
|
9,351
|
44.67%
|
458
|
2.19%
|
626
|
2.99%
|
77
|
0.37%
|
1,071
|
5.12%
|
20,934
|
Schuyler
|
1,622
|
43.31%
|
1,876
|
50.09%
|
18
|
0.48%
|
216
|
5.77%
|
13
|
0.35%
|
-254
|
-6.78%
|
3,745
|
Scott
|
1,101
|
42.76%
|
1,376
|
53.44%
|
20
|
0.78%
|
71
|
2.76%
|
7
|
0.27%
|
-275
|
-10.68%
|
2,575
|
Shelby
|
3,312
|
42.30%
|
4,065
|
51.92%
|
40
|
0.51%
|
380
|
4.85%
|
33
|
0.42%
|
-753
|
-9.62%
|
7,830
|
St. Clair
|
12,619
|
48.66%
|
11,342
|
43.73%
|
1,517
|
5.85%
|
344
|
1.33%
|
112
|
0.43%
|
1,277
|
4.92%
|
25,934
|
Stark
|
1,635
|
66.27%
|
738
|
29.91%
|
22
|
0.89%
|
71
|
2.88%
|
1
|
0.04%
|
897
|
36.36%
|
2,467
|
Stephenson
|
4,605
|
50.93%
|
4,076
|
45.08%
|
84
|
0.93%
|
254
|
2.81%
|
22
|
0.24%
|
529
|
5.85%
|
9,041
|
Tazewell
|
3,767
|
47.55%
|
3,786
|
47.78%
|
119
|
1.50%
|
237
|
2.99%
|
14
|
0.18%
|
-19
|
-0.24%
|
7,923
|
Union
|
1,695
|
37.43%
|
2,690
|
59.40%
|
12
|
0.26%
|
127
|
2.80%
|
5
|
0.11%
|
-995
|
-21.97%
|
4,529
|
Vermilion
|
11,726
|
60.62%
|
6,320
|
32.67%
|
385
|
1.99%
|
824
|
4.26%
|
89
|
0.46%
|
5,406
|
27.95%
|
19,344
|
Wabash
|
1,511
|
43.06%
|
1,814
|
51.70%
|
22
|
0.63%
|
158
|
4.50%
|
4
|
0.11%
|
-303
|
-8.63%
|
3,509
|
Warren
|
3,283
|
54.12%
|
2,327
|
38.36%
|
175
|
2.88%
|
257
|
4.24%
|
24
|
0.40%
|
956
|
15.76%
|
6,066
|
Washington
|
2,355
|
53.87%
|
1,830
|
41.86%
|
64
|
1.46%
|
111
|
2.54%
|
12
|
0.27%
|
525
|
12.01%
|
4,372
|
Wayne
|
2,946
|
49.60%
|
2,791
|
46.99%
|
26
|
0.44%
|
160
|
2.69%
|
17
|
0.29%
|
155
|
2.61%
|
5,940
|
White
|
2,436
|
43.50%
|
2,934
|
52.39%
|
61
|
1.09%
|
147
|
2.63%
|
22
|
0.39%
|
-498
|
-8.89%
|
5,600
|
Whiteside
|
5,257
|
65.74%
|
2,140
|
26.76%
|
64
|
0.80%
|
498
|
6.23%
|
38
|
0.48%
|
3,117
|
38.98%
|
7,997
|
Will
|
10,358
|
61.29%
|
5,693
|
33.68%
|
425
|
2.51%
|
316
|
1.87%
|
109
|
0.64%
|
4,665
|
27.60%
|
16,901
|
Williamson
|
4,786
|
52.63%
|
3,513
|
38.63%
|
484
|
5.32%
|
272
|
2.99%
|
38
|
0.42%
|
1,273
|
14.00%
|
9,093
|
Winnebago
|
8,919
|
71.54%
|
2,163
|
17.35%
|
747
|
5.99%
|
531
|
4.26%
|
107
|
0.86%
|
6,756
|
54.19%
|
12,467
|
Woodford
|
2,204
|
47.53%
|
2,156
|
46.50%
|
54
|
1.16%
|
203
|
4.38%
|
20
|
0.43%
|
48
|
1.04%
|
4,637
|
Totals |
629,932 |
54.53% |
450,810 |
39.02% |
34,711 |
3.00% |
29,364 |
2.54% |
10,437 |
0.90% |
179,122 |
15.50% |
1,155,254
|
See also
Notes
References
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