The 2020 United States presidential election in Illinois is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, as part of the 2020 United States elections in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia will participate.[ 1] Illinois voters will choose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote. The state of Illinois has 20 electoral votes in the Electoral College.[ 2]
Turnout
Primary elections
Illinois held its primary elections as scheduled, despite concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States .[ 3] Election officials in Illinois acknowledged that they believed turnout was unusually low.[ 3]
In the state-run primaries (Democratic and Republican), turnout was 28.36%, with 2,279,439 votes cast.[ 4] [ 5] The 28.36% turnout marked an 18.2 percentage point decrease from the turnout in the 2016 state-run presidential primaries, but a similar turnout to the 2000, 2004, and 2012 presidential primaries.[ 4] [ 5]
Primary elections
The state-run primary elections for the Democratic and Republican parties were held on March 17, 2020. The Green Party had organized its own primary on March 14, 2020.
Democratic primary
Major candidates in the Democratic Party included Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders . Michelle Obama , former First Lady , who is from Illinois, has declined to run.[ 6] [ 7] [ 8] Rahm Emanuel , former mayor of Chicago and former aide to Barack Obama, has also declined.[ 9] [ 10] [ 11]
2020 Illinois Democratic presidential primary[ 12]
Candidate
Votes
%
Delegates[ 13]
Joe Biden
986,661
58.94
95
Bernie Sanders
605,701
36.18
60
Michael Bloomberg (withdrawn) [ a]
25,500
1.52
Elizabeth Warren (withdrawn) [ a]
24,413
1.46
Pete Buttigieg (withdrawn) [ b]
9,729
0.58
Tulsi Gabbard
9,642
0.58
Andrew Yang (withdrawn) [ c]
4,021
0.24
Cory Booker (withdrawn)
2,684
0.16
Tom Steyer (withdrawn) [ b]
1,684
0.10
Deval Patrick (withdrawn) [ c]
1,567
0.09
Michael Bennet (withdrawn) [ c]
1,346
0.08
John Delaney (withdrawn)
1,185
0.07
Total
1,674,133
100%
155
Republican primary
Donald Trump won the Republican primary with over 96 percent of the vote.[ 14] Joe Walsh , a former member of the House of Representatives from Illinois, announced the launch of his campaign in August 2019 and dropped out in February 2020. Trump was also challenged by Rocky De La Fuente , a businessman of California, who achieved 4% of the vote. Richard Mayers, a 2016 Green Party candidate was a write in candidate here.
Illinois Republican Party presidential primary, 2020[ 15] [ 16]
Candidate
Popular vote
Delegates
Count
Percentage
Donald Trump
520,956
95.98%
67
Rocky De La Fuente
21,833
4.02%
0
Richard Mayers write-in
11
0.00%
0
Total:
542,800
100%
67
Green primary
Illinois Green Party presidential primary, March 14, 2020[ 17]
Candidate
Votes
Percentage
National delegates
Howie Hawkins
73%
20
Dario Hunter
27%
7
Total
100.00%
27
General election
Predictions
Notes
^ a b Candidate withdrew after Super Tuesday during early voting.
^ a b Candidate withdrew shortly before Super Tuesday during early voting.
^ a b c Candidate withdrew after the New Hampshire primary when early voting had already begun.
Partisan clients
See also
References
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^ a b Corasaniti, Nick; Saul, Stephanie; Stevens, Matt; Epstein, Reid J. (17 March 2020). "Illinois Stumbles as States See Light Voter Turnout, With Many Ballots in the Mail" . The New York Times . Retrieved 25 March 2020 .
^ a b "Voter Turnout" . www.elections.il.gov . Illinois State Board of Elections. Retrieved 18 April 2020 .[permanent dead link ]
^ a b "Election Results" . www.elections.il.gov . Illinois State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on 22 February 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020 .
^ Bedard, Paul (October 31, 2017). "2020 poll: Run Michelle Obama Run!" . The Washington Examiner . Retrieved January 5, 2018 .
^ Whitney, Mike (December 1, 2017). "Why the Democrats Will Run Michelle Obama in 2020" . CounterPunch . Retrieved January 5, 2018 .
^ Earl, Jennifer (November 10, 2016). "Michelle Obama responds to someone asking her to run for president in 2020" . CBS News . Retrieved March 15, 2017 .
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^ Fearnow, Benjamin (September 4, 2018). "Why Isn't Rahm Emanuel Running for Chicago Mayor Again?" . Newsweek . Retrieved September 5, 2018 .
^ Montellaro, Zach (November 30, 2018). "Mayor Rahm's 2020 strategy for Democrats" . Politico .
^ Sandvoss, Steven S. (Executive Director) (April 17, 2020). Official Canvass of the 2020 Illinois General Election . Illinois State Board of Elections. Retrieved January 16, 2024 .
^ "2020 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions: Illinois Democrat" . The Green Papers . Retrieved 2 July 2020 .
^ "Illinois Republican Delegation 2020" . The Green Papers. Retrieved March 20, 2020 .
^ "Election Results 2020 GENERAL PRIMARY" . www.elections.il.gov . Illinois State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on 22 February 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020 .
^ "Donald Trump wins Republican primary in Illinois, clinches party nomination" . ABC Chicago. 17 March 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2020 .
^ "Howie Hawkins Wins Illinois Green Party Presidential Selection Vote" . Illinois Green Party . Retrieved 17 March 2020 .
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^ 2020 Bitecofer Model Electoral College Predictions , Niskanen Center , March 24, 2020, retrieved: April 19, 2020
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