Who won Illinois in the 2016 presidential election?

Clinton (Democratic) carried Illinois in 2016, winning its 20 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Illinois have in 2016?

Illinois cast 20 electoral votes in the 2016 presidential election.

Did Illinois vote for the national winner in 2016?

No. Illinois backed Clinton, while Donald Trump won the presidency nationally.

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2016

Illinois: Clinton carries 20 EV.

Illinois cast its 20 electoral votes for Clinton (Democratic). National winner: Donald Trump (Republican) — Illinois voted against the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Illinois, 2016

In 2016, Illinois awarded its 20 electoral votes to Clinton of the Democratic party. Nationally the result broke the other way — Donald Trump (Republican) won the presidency, leaving Illinois among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 7th consecutive election in which Illinois backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1992. It stood apart from its neighbors: Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, Kentucky, and Indiana went the other way that year. Across the 53 presidential elections Illinois has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (26 times). The vote fell within the Modern Polarization — Close elections in a divided country.

In the national count, Donald Trump took 304 of the 538 electoral votes, against Hillary Clinton's 227. Though Donald Trump won the Electoral College, Hillary Clinton drew more of the national popular vote — 48.18% to 46.09%.

The 2016 national map

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