United States presidential election in Illinois, 2016
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The 2016 United States presidential election in Illinois will take place on November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 general election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participate. Illinois voters will choose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote.
Presidential primary elections for three parties will also be held in Illinois. From January 25 to February 17, 2016, the Green Party of the United States held primaries and caucuses, as party of the Green Party presidential primaries, to elect delegates representing a candidate at the 2016 Green National Convention. Physician and activist Jill Stein won a landslide of the popular vote, taking almost all of the state's 23 delegates. On March 15, 2016, both the Democratic and Republican parties held primaries in Illinois as part of a five-state contest being held on the day in both the Democratic and Republican presidential primaries. In the Democratic primaries, 156 pledged delegates to the 2016 Democratic National Convention were elected and awarded to candidates proportionally, according to countywide and statewide vote. In the Republican primaries, 69 delegates to the 2016 Republican National Convention were elected and awarded to the first place candidate, according to statewide vote.
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Primary elections
Democratic primary
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Debates and Forums
March 14, 2016 – Columbus, Ohio and Springfield, Illinois The tenth forum was held at 6:00 pm EDT on March 14, 2016, at the campus of Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, and at the Old State Capitol State Historic Site (Illinois) in Springfield, Illinois. It aired on MSNBC. The first section of the town hall with Bernie Sanders was moderated by Chuck Todd; the second section of the town hall with Hillary Clinton was moderated by Chris Matthews.
Results
Six candidates appeared on the Democratic presidential primary ballot:[1]
| Illinois Democratic primary, March 15, 2016 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Popular vote | Estimated delegates | |||
| Count | Percentage | Pledged | Unpledged | Total | |
| Hillary Clinton | 1,039,555 | 50.56% | 79 | 23 | 102 |
| Bernie Sanders | 999,494 | 48.61% | 77 | 1 | 78 |
| Willie Wilson | 6,565 | 0.32% | |||
| Martin O'Malley (withdrawn) | 6,197 | 0.30% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Lawrence "Larry Joe" Cohen | 2,407 | 0.12% | |||
| Rocky De La Fuente | 1,802 | 0.09% | |||
| Others | 27 | 0.00% | |||
| Total | 2,056,047 | 100% | 156 | 26 | 182 |
| Source: The Green Papers and Illinois Board of Elections | |||||
Republican primary
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Ten candidates appeared on the Republican presidential primary ballot:[1]
| Illinois Republican primary, March 15, 2016 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Actual delegate count | ||
| Bound | Unbound | Total | |||
 Donald Trump |
562,464 | 38.80% | 54 | 0 | 54 |
| Ted Cruz | 438,235 | 30.23% | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| John Kasich | 286,118 | 19.74% | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Marco Rubio | 126,681 | 8.74% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Carson (withdrawn) | 11,469 | 0.79% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeb Bush (withdrawn) | 11,188 | 0.77% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rand Paul (withdrawn) | 4,718 | 0.33% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Christie (withdrawn) | 3,428 | 0.24% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Huckabee (withdrawn) | 2,737 | 0.19% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carly Fiorina (withdrawn) | 1,540 | 0.11% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Santorum (withdrawn) | 1,154 | 0.08% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unprojected delegates: | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total: | 1,449,748 | 100.00% | 69 | 0 | 69 |
| Source: The Green Papers | |||||
Green primary
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The Green Party of Illinois held the very first primary election for the Green Party of the United States, in their series of presidential primaries. Registered Green party voters could participate in the primary through an online ballot or at select caucus sites in the state on various dates. 23 delegates to the 2016 Green National Convention were up for election in this primary.
Five candidates stood for election, including a sixth "uncommitted" option for the ballot. The candidates included activist and Green nominee in the 2012 presidential election, Jill Stein, singer-songwriter Darryl Cherney, businesswoman Sedinam Moyowasifza-Curry, perennial candidate Kent Mesplay, and professor William "Bill" Kreml. By the end of the primary, 134 votes were cast, with Stein winning a landslide 87% of the vote. 20 delegates from Illinois to the convention were allocated to Stein following the primary, with 1 being allocated to William Kreml and 2 being sent as uncommitted delegates.[2][3]
| Illinois Green Party presidential primary, January 25 - February 17, 2016 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | National delegates |
| Jill Stein |
119 | 87% | 20 |
| William Kreml | 5 | 4% | 1 |
| Kent Mesplay | 2 | 1% | 0 |
| Sedinam Moyowasifza-Curry | 2 | 1% | 0 |
| Darryl Cherney | 0 | 0% | 0 |
| Uncommitted | 10 | 7% | 2 |
| Total | 134 | 100.00% | 23 |
See also
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- Democratic Party presidential debates, 2016
- Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2016
- Republican Party presidential debates, 2016
- Republican Party presidential primaries, 2016
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.chicagoelections.com/en/offices-on-the-ballots.html/
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