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]
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]
Primaries
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.
The 2020 Illinois Democratic presidential primary was held on March 17, 2020 in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Republican Party's state primaries ahead of the 2020 presidential election.
The 2020 Illinois Republican presidential primary was held on March 17, 2020 in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Republican Party's state primaries ahead of the 2020 presidential election.
Incumbent president Donald Trump won the primary with over 96 percent of the vote.[15]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[16][17]
The 2020 Illinois Green Party presidential primary was held from March 14, 2020 in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Green Party's state primaries ahead of the 2020 presidential election. It was run by the Green Party of Illinois.
Illinois Green Party presidential primary, March 14, 2020[18]
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