Illinois 2012 Presidential Election Results by County
In 2012, the Republican candidate won 79 of Illinois's 102 counties.
| County | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote Share | Margin | Total Votes Cast |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams | Mitt Romney | Republican | 20,416 | 66.7% | 35.2 pts | 30,607 |
| Alexander | Barack Obama | Democratic | 1,965 | 56.1% | 13.7 pts | 3,501 |
| Bond | Mitt Romney | Republican | 4,095 | 55.8% | 14.7 pts | 7,336 |
| Boone | Mitt Romney | Republican | 11,096 | 51.9% | 5.7 pts | 21,365 |
| Brown | Mitt Romney | Republican | 1,513 | 64.0% | 30.7 pts | 2,364 |
| Bureau | Mitt Romney | Republican | 8,164 | 49.1% | 0.2 pts | 16,631 |
| Calhoun | Mitt Romney | Republican | 1,440 | 55.9% | 14.0 pts | 2,576 |
| Carroll | Barack Obama | Democratic | 3,665 | 49.6% | 1.5 pts | 7,386 |
| Cass | Mitt Romney | Republican | 2,707 | 55.7% | 13.5 pts | 4,862 |
| Champaign | Barack Obama | Democratic | 40,831 | 52.1% | 7.0 pts | 78,359 |
| Christian | Mitt Romney | Republican | 8,885 | 60.4% | 23.1 pts | 14,701 |
| Clark | Mitt Romney | Republican | 5,144 | 65.4% | 32.5 pts | 7,860 |
| Clay | Mitt Romney | Republican | 4,190 | 70.9% | 44.1 pts | 5,908 |
| Clinton | Mitt Romney | Republican | 10,524 | 64.0% | 30.0 pts | 16,450 |
| Coles | Mitt Romney | Republican | 11,631 | 54.5% | 11.1 pts | 21,358 |
| Cook | Barack Obama | Democratic | 1,488,537 | 74.0% | 49.4 pts | 2,011,597 |
| Crawford | Mitt Romney | Republican | 5,585 | 64.9% | 31.7 pts | 8,609 |
| Cumberland | Mitt Romney | Republican | 3,509 | 66.3% | 35.3 pts | 5,295 |
| De Witt | Mitt Romney | Republican | 4,579 | 62.3% | 26.9 pts | 7,345 |
| DeKalb | Barack Obama | Democratic | 21,207 | 51.6% | 5.5 pts | 41,092 |
| Douglas | Mitt Romney | Republican | 5,334 | 67.5% | 36.8 pts | 7,897 |
| Dupage | Barack Obama | Democratic | 199,460 | 49.7% | 1.1 pts | 401,079 |
| Edgar | Mitt Romney | Republican | 5,132 | 65.6% | 32.8 pts | 7,819 |
| Edwards | Mitt Romney | Republican | 2,405 | 74.5% | 51.1 pts | 3,228 |
| Effingham | Mitt Romney | Republican | 12,501 | 75.2% | 52.0 pts | 16,613 |
| Fayette | Mitt Romney | Republican | 5,951 | 66.3% | 34.5 pts | 8,971 |
| Ford | Mitt Romney | Republican | 4,229 | 70.4% | 42.8 pts | 6,006 |
| Franklin | Mitt Romney | Republican | 10,267 | 57.3% | 16.8 pts | 17,914 |
| Fulton | Barack Obama | Democratic | 8,328 | 54.2% | 11.0 pts | 15,356 |
| Gallatin | Mitt Romney | Republican | 1,492 | 58.0% | 18.0 pts | 2,573 |
| Greene | Mitt Romney | Republican | 3,451 | 61.4% | 25.4 pts | 5,622 |
| Grundy | Mitt Romney | Republican | 11,343 | 53.4% | 8.9 pts | 21,244 |
| Hamilton | Mitt Romney | Republican | 2,566 | 65.1% | 32.9 pts | 3,941 |
| Hancock | Mitt Romney | Republican | 5,271 | 57.9% | 17.8 pts | 9,111 |
| Hardin | Mitt Romney | Republican | 1,535 | 65.9% | 34.0 pts | 2,330 |
| Henderson | Barack Obama | Democratic | 1,978 | 55.4% | 12.2 pts | 3,568 |
| Henry | Barack Obama | Democratic | 12,332 | 50.7% | 3.1 pts | 24,322 |
| Iroquois | Mitt Romney | Republican | 9,120 | 71.3% | 44.6 pts | 12,784 |
| Jackson | Barack Obama | Democratic | 13,319 | 55.5% | 14.4 pts | 24,012 |
| Jasper | Mitt Romney | Republican | 3,514 | 69.7% | 41.2 pts | 5,043 |
| Jefferson | Mitt Romney | Republican | 9,811 | 60.1% | 22.8 pts | 16,320 |
| Jersey | Mitt Romney | Republican | 6,039 | 60.6% | 23.8 pts | 9,959 |
| Jo Daviess | Barack Obama | Democratic | 5,667 | 49.6% | 1.2 pts | 11,429 |
| Johnson | Mitt Romney | Republican | 3,963 | 69.9% | 42.2 pts | 5,672 |
| Kane | Barack Obama | Democratic | 90,332 | 49.7% | 1.1 pts | 181,642 |
| Kankakee | Mitt Romney | Republican | 23,136 | 50.8% | 3.4 pts | 45,509 |
| Kendall | Mitt Romney | Republican | 24,047 | 50.8% | 3.3 pts | 47,295 |
| Knox | Barack Obama | Democratic | 13,451 | 57.8% | 17.4 pts | 23,278 |
| LaSalle | Mitt Romney | Republican | 23,256 | 49.2% | 0.4 pts | 47,259 |
| Lake | Barack Obama | Democratic | 153,757 | 53.5% | 8.3 pts | 287,493 |
| Lawrence | Mitt Romney | Republican | 3,857 | 64.4% | 30.8 pts | 5,989 |
| Lee | Mitt Romney | Republican | 8,059 | 52.7% | 7.3 pts | 15,301 |
| Livingston | Mitt Romney | Republican | 9,753 | 64.9% | 31.5 pts | 15,039 |
| Logan | Mitt Romney | Republican | 7,844 | 65.1% | 32.1 pts | 12,053 |
| Macon | Mitt Romney | Republican | 25,309 | 51.8% | 5.2 pts | 48,899 |
| Macoupin | Mitt Romney | Republican | 10,946 | 52.1% | 7.1 pts | 21,010 |
| Madison | Mitt Romney | Republican | 60,608 | 49.5% | 1.4 pts | 122,473 |
| Marion | Mitt Romney | Republican | 9,248 | 58.7% | 19.2 pts | 15,764 |
| Marshall | Mitt Romney | Republican | 3,290 | 56.2% | 14.3 pts | 5,850 |
| Mason | Mitt Romney | Republican | 3,265 | 52.1% | 6.3 pts | 6,272 |
| Massac | Mitt Romney | Republican | 4,278 | 65.9% | 33.7 pts | 6,495 |
| McDonough | Mitt Romney | Republican | 6,147 | 49.4% | 1.4 pts | 12,454 |
| McHenry | Mitt Romney | Republican | 71,598 | 53.5% | 8.8 pts | 133,844 |
| McLean | Mitt Romney | Republican | 39,947 | 54.4% | 11.0 pts | 73,382 |
| Menard | Mitt Romney | Republican | 3,948 | 64.2% | 30.0 pts | 6,151 |
| Mercer | Barack Obama | Democratic | 4,507 | 52.8% | 7.4 pts | 8,534 |
| Monroe | Mitt Romney | Republican | 10,888 | 62.5% | 26.8 pts | 17,432 |
| Montgomery | Mitt Romney | Republican | 6,776 | 55.8% | 14.2 pts | 12,133 |
| Morgan | Mitt Romney | Republican | 7,972 | 56.6% | 15.4 pts | 14,096 |
| Moultrie | Mitt Romney | Republican | 3,784 | 62.5% | 27.1 pts | 6,057 |
| Ogle | Mitt Romney | Republican | 13,422 | 57.4% | 16.7 pts | 23,367 |
| Peoria | Barack Obama | Democratic | 40,209 | 51.3% | 4.4 pts | 78,411 |
| Perry | Mitt Romney | Republican | 5,507 | 57.7% | 17.7 pts | 9,549 |
| Piatt | Mitt Romney | Republican | 5,413 | 62.2% | 26.7 pts | 8,707 |
| Pike | Mitt Romney | Republican | 4,860 | 66.7% | 35.4 pts | 7,286 |
| Pope | Mitt Romney | Republican | 1,512 | 68.0% | 38.8 pts | 2,222 |
| Pulaski | Mitt Romney | Republican | 1,564 | 52.1% | 5.8 pts | 3,003 |
| Putnam | Barack Obama | Democratic | 1,559 | 49.7% | 1.8 pts | 3,135 |
| Randolph | Mitt Romney | Republican | 8,290 | 57.6% | 17.6 pts | 14,392 |
| Richland | Mitt Romney | Republican | 4,756 | 65.3% | 32.9 pts | 7,282 |
| Rock Island | Barack Obama | Democratic | 39,157 | 60.2% | 21.9 pts | 65,016 |
| Saline | Mitt Romney | Republican | 6,806 | 63.5% | 29.0 pts | 10,720 |
| Sangamon | Mitt Romney | Republican | 50,225 | 53.3% | 8.6 pts | 94,297 |
| Schuyler | Mitt Romney | Republican | 2,069 | 53.2% | 8.8 pts | 3,890 |
| Scott | Mitt Romney | Republican | 1,587 | 62.1% | 26.5 pts | 2,555 |
| Shelby | Mitt Romney | Republican | 6,843 | 65.8% | 33.7 pts | 10,395 |
| St. Clair | Barack Obama | Democratic | 67,285 | 56.3% | 14.4 pts | 119,466 |
| Stark | Mitt Romney | Republican | 1,528 | 57.4% | 16.3 pts | 2,662 |
| Stephenson | Mitt Romney | Republican | 10,512 | 49.9% | 1.6 pts | 21,055 |
| Tazewell | Mitt Romney | Republican | 35,335 | 57.9% | 17.8 pts | 61,048 |
| Union | Mitt Romney | Republican | 4,957 | 59.9% | 22.0 pts | 8,282 |
| Vermilion | Mitt Romney | Republican | 16,892 | 55.7% | 13.2 pts | 30,314 |
| Wabash | Mitt Romney | Republican | 3,478 | 67.7% | 36.8 pts | 5,134 |
| Warren | Barack Obama | Democratic | 4,044 | 51.9% | 5.5 pts | 7,793 |
| Washington | Mitt Romney | Republican | 4,792 | 64.7% | 31.6 pts | 7,405 |
| Wayne | Mitt Romney | Republican | 5,988 | 78.0% | 58.3 pts | 7,680 |
| White | Mitt Romney | Republican | 4,731 | 67.0% | 36.0 pts | 7,064 |
| Whiteside | Barack Obama | Democratic | 14,833 | 57.8% | 17.5 pts | 25,654 |
| Will | Barack Obama | Democratic | 144,229 | 52.0% | 5.5 pts | 277,387 |
| Williamson | Mitt Romney | Republican | 17,909 | 61.5% | 24.9 pts | 29,143 |
| Winnebago | Barack Obama | Democratic | 61,732 | 51.9% | 5.5 pts | 118,984 |
| Woodford | Mitt Romney | Republican | 12,961 | 68.7% | 39.1 pts | 18,874 |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Which party won the most counties in Illinois in 2012?
The Republican candidate won 79 of Illinois's 102 counties in 2012, with 23 counties going to the other major party.
Which Illinois county had the closest presidential result in 2012?
Bureau had the closest margin in Illinois in 2012, with Mitt Romney (Republican) winning by 0.2 points out of 16,631 total votes cast.
Which Illinois county had the widest presidential margin in 2012?
Wayne had the widest margin in Illinois in 2012, with Mitt Romney (Republican) winning by 58.3 points.
How many counties are included in Illinois's 2012 presidential results?
This page covers 102 counties in Illinois for the 2012 presidential election, based on MEDSL/EveryElectionResult.com county-level returns.