Illinois

House Districts: 19
Voting Age Population
  2002:  9,332,000
  2000:  8,983,000   
  1998:  8,755,000  
  1990:  8,484,236  
Redistricting, 2001-2002
  Divided		 Presidential Vote  
  2000:   Gore 55, Bush 43, Nader 2 
  1996:   Clinton 54, Dole 37, Perot 8  
  1992:   Clinton 49, Bush 34, Perot 17
U.S. House: 10 GOP, 9 Dem
Seat Changes '02: 1 (-1D inc def.)
Facts in Focus:
   Illinois 1982 to 2002

 
How Illinois Ranked in 2002
Democracy Index: 22nd
Margin of Victory:  37th
Landslide Index: 33rd		 Seats-to-Votes Distortion: 8th
Representation Index: 21st
Voter Participation: 29th
For definitions of terms, please see this report's glossary page.
 

   

2002 2004 2006 2008 2010
 Democracy Index

24.0

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 Voter Turnout

36.7%

 

 

 

 

 Representation Index

26.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Wasted Votes

27.8%

 

 

 

 

 % of Wasted R / D Votes

19.7 / 34.2

 

 

 

 

 Drop-Off Voters

3.1%

 

 

 

 

 Avg. Margin Of Victory

45.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Votes for (R�D�O%)

48-51-1

 

 

 

 

 Seats for (R�D�O%)

53-47-0

 

 

 

 Seat Changes

1 (-1D inc def.)

 

 

 

 

 High % Turnout, District

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 Low % Turnout, District

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1992 1994 1996 1998 2000
 Democracy Index

��

��

26.4

22.6

21.7

 Voter Turnout

57%

35%

47%

37%

48.9%

 Representation Index

37.2%

23.2%

30.9%

26.8%

34%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Wasted Votes

35%

34%

35%

27%

31.1%

 % of Wasted R / D Votes

14 / 28

32 / 35

28 / 39

25 / 28

18.7 / 38.6

 Drop-Off Voters

4.3%

2%

4.3%

5.3%

7.3%

 Avg. Margin Of Victory

33%

36%

35%

50%

42.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Votes for (R�D�O%)

43�55�1

52�48�0

44�55�1

51�49�1

43.4�55.8�.7

 Seats for (R�D�O%)

40�60�0

50�50�0

50�50�0

50�50�0

50�50�0

 Seat Changes

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1

2

0

0

 High % Turnout, District

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14 (18)

57 (13)

49 (19)

69.1 (13)

 Low % Turnout, District

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16 (4)

24 (4)

17 (4)

22.8 (4)

Results 2002-2010 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010
 U.S. House (R�D)

10-9

 

 

 

 

 Landslide Index

89.5%

 

 

 

 

 Scale of Competitiveness

 

 

 

 

 

 Tight: < 5

0

 

 

 

 

 Competitive: 5-10

1

 

 

 

 

 Comfortable: 10-20

1

 

 

 

 

 Landslide: 20-40

7

 

 

 

 

 No Contest: 40+

10

 

 

 

 

 Uncontested

2

 

 

 

 

 Incumbents

 

 

 

 

 

 Total Running / Total Seats

19 / 19

 

 

 

 Re-Election / Total Incumbent

18 / 19

 

 

 

 

 Landslide / Total Incumbent

17 / 19

 

 

 

 

 R. Landslide / R. Incumbent

8 / 10

 

 

 

 

 D. Landslide / D. Incumbent

9 / 9

 

 

 

 

 Untouchable Repeat Landslide

14

 

 

 

 

 Uncontested Primary

16

 

 

 

 

 Elected Women

2

 

 

 

 

 Elected Minorities

3B 1 L

 

 

 

 
Results 1992-2000 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000
 U.S. House (R�D)

8�12

10�10

10�10

10�10

10�10

 Landslide Index

65%

75%

70%

85%

75%

 Scale of Competitiveness

 

 

 

 

 

 Tight: < 5

0

0

3

1

1

 Competitive: 5-10

0

4

0

0

2

 Comfortable: 10-20

7

1

3

2

2

 Landslide: 20-40

7

6

9

7

6

 No Contest: 40+

6

8

3

6

6

 Uncontested

0

1

2

4

3

 Incumbents

 

 

 

 

 

 Total Running / Total Seats

17 / 20

18 / 20

18 / 20

17 / 20

18 / 20

 Re-Election / Total Incumbent

16 / 17

17 / 18

17 / 18

17 / 17

18 / 18

 Landslide / Total Incumbent

11 / 17

13 / 18

13 / 18

15 / 17

15 / 18

 R. Landslide / R. Incumbent

4 / 7

7 / 7

6 / 9

8 / 9

6 / 8

 D. Landslide / D. Incumbent

7 / 10

6 / 11

7 / 9

7 / 8

9 / 10

 Untouchable Repeat Landslide

10

10

10

12

15

 Uncontested Primary

7

10

11

13

13

 Elected Women

1

1

0

2

2

 Elected Minorities

3B 1L

3B 1L

3B 1L

3B 1L

3B 1L

 
 Results 1982-1990 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990
 U.S. House (R�D)

10�12

9�13

9�13

8�14

7�15

 Landslide Index

68%

82%

77%

86%

86%

 Scale of Competitiveness

 

 

 

 

 

 Tight: < 5

3

2

3

2

0

 Competitive: 5-10

1

0

1

1

2

 Comfortable: 10-20

3

2

1

0

1

 Landslide: 20-40

7

10

5

9

9

 No Contest: 40+

8

8

11

10

9

 Uncontested

0

0

1

0

1

 Incumbents

 

 

 

 

 

 Total Running / Total Seats

20 / 22

19 / 22

20 / 22

21 / 22

21 / 22

 Re-Election / Total Incumbent

19 / 20

18 / 19

20 / 20

20 / 21

21 / 21

 Landslide / Total Incumbent

14 / 20

16 / 19

17 / 20

18 / 21

19 / 21

 R. Landslide / R. Incumbent

5 / 11

6 / 8

7 / 7

7 / 9

7 / 7

 D. Landslide / D. Incumbent

9 / 9

10 / 11

10 / 13

11 / 12

12 / 14

 Untouchable Repeat Landslide

13

11

15

16

17

 Uncontested Primary

11

8

12

12

17

 Elected Women

2

2

2

2

1

 Elected Minorities

3B

3B

3B

3B

3B

 
Facts in Focus for Illinois 1982 to 2002
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