CHICAGO IL

Year
2008
2004
2000
1996
1992
1988
1984
1980
1976
1972
1968
1964
1960
1956
1952
1948
1944
1940
1936
1932
1928
1924
1920
1916
1912
1908
1904
1900
1896
1892
1888
1884
1880
1876
1872
1868
1864
1860
1856

*
*
*
*

Dem
930866
839496
769859
692754
793272
737783
770612
785262
826765
777262
874113
1141148
1064951
807174
998836
1077456
1120546
1029538
1099141
798258
529635
209084
182252
347723
119694
142995
98602
177165
144736
136474
63706
48530
38311
33645
17355
17029
12704
8094
4940

Rep
149255
188056
164930
133302
199972
317502
409114
303041
407932
607258
452914
466296
608639
849241
837594
761949
704710
731716
543755
549451
650665
569560
549243
372852
67326
207925
208043
184786
200747
100849
60102
51420
42972
28574
25498
22300
14535
10699
6397

Ind
9758
5326
26270
43590
107774
10805
7852
77867
23925
8753
111498
0
6214
4941
5554
10548
4806
5625
47347
46465
10665
172734
53680
30577
197290
28978
56431
10400
5002
4535
1689
1024
1043
229
0
0
0
194
332

Total
1089879
1032878
961059
869646
1101018
1066090
1187578
1166170
1258622
1393273
1438525
1607444
1679804
1661356
1841984
1849953
1830062
1766879
1690243
1394174
1190965
951378
785175
751152
384310
379898
363076
372351
350485
241858
125497
100974
82326
62448
42853
39329
27239
18987
11669

Vote for PRESIDENT

%D
85.4%
81.3%
80.1%
79.7%
72.0%
69.2%
64.9%
67.3%
65.7%
55.8%
60.8%
71.0%
63.4%
48.6%
54.2%
58.2%
61.2%
58.3%
65.0%
57.3%
44.5%
22.0%
23.2%
46.3%
31.1%
37.6%
27.2%
47.6%
41.3%
56.4%
50.8%
48.1%
46.5%
53.9%
40.5%
43.3%
46.6%
42.6%
42.3%

%R
%I
13.7% 0.9%
18.2% 0.5%
17.2% 2.7%
15.3% 5.0%
18.2% 9.8%
29.8% 1.0%
34.4% 0.7%
26.0% 6.7%
32.4% 1.9%
43.6% 0.6%
31.5% 7.8%
29.0% 0.0%
36.2% 0.4%
51.1% 0.3%
45.5% 0.3%
41.2% 0.6%
38.5% 0.3%
41.4% 0.3%
32.2% 2.8%
39.4% 3.3%
54.6% 0.9%
59.9% 18.2%
70.0% 6.8%
49.6% 4.1%
17.5% 51.3%
54.7% 7.6%
57.3% 15.5%
49.6% 2.8%
57.3% 1.4%
41.7% 1.9%
47.9% 1.3%
50.9% 1.0%
52.2% 1.3%
45.8% 0.4%
59.5% 0.0%
56.7% 0.0%
53.4% 0.0%
56.3% 1.0%
54.8% 2.8%

CHICAGO IL

DEM
2835
1016
1376
807

1852
1848
1844
1840

1924
1912
1920
1916
1912
1904
1900

*
*
*
*

WHIG
1765
1283
841
622

IND
424
1543
222
0

Progressive : 170,671
Progressive : 143,315
Socialist : 46,776
Socialist : 28,084
Socialist : 49,401
Socialist : 45,824
Socialist : 6,553
Cicero vote removed

Vote for PRESIDENT

5024
3842
2439
1429

56.4%
26.4%
56.4%
56.5%

35.1% 8.4%
33.4% 40.2%
34.5% 9.1%
43.5% 0.0%

1956-2008
Main source is the Illinois State Board of Elections Report which
has information from the Cook County Clerk included.
Also : Cook County Clerk
Chicago Board of Election Commissioners
America Votes
1952
America Votes 1
1884-1948
Main source is the Chicago Daily News Almanac
Starting in 1902, Cicero was included with the Chicago Board
of Elections, and I have been verifying the totals.
1904-1924 Totals for Chicago only where possible.
1864-1880
Main source is Chicago Tribune Archives
1840-1864
The History of Chicago, by A. T. Andreas 1884, p. 603
The History of Cook County, by the Goodspeed Historical
Association 1903, volume 1
1860 It is unclear whether the 87 votes for Breckinridge and
107 votes for Bell are all in Chicago.