Wednesday, March 9th | 1871 Who is registered to vote in Illinois? - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
INTRODUCING Wednesday, March 9th | 1871 Who is registered to vote in Illinois? Are men and women registered in equal numbers? What is the age breakdown of current registered voters? How has party voting changed over time? How
Wednesday, March 9th | 1871
INTRODUCING
Who is registered to vote in Illinois?
What data is available?
○ Currently only available to political committees
○ Illinois Voter Project contains more exact data
Active vs. Eligible Voters
This map shows the percentage of active versus eligible voters across Illinois An “active” voter is someone who has voted within the past four years.* An “eligible” voter is defined as any Illinois resident aged 18 and over. Illinois Population: 12.8 Million Active Voters: 7.5 Million Eligible Voters: 10.1 Million
*If a registered voter does not vote in two concurrent election cycles, the State Board of Elections initiates a process to verify or remove the record. Map data sourced from the Illinois State Board of Elections. 74% of all Illinoisans 18 years and older are active registered voters. Approximately 26% are eligible to vote but not registered.
Gender of Active Voters
This map shows the majority gender of active voters in election jurisdictions across the state. 51.98% of active registered voters in Illinois are female. 45% are male. 3% of active registered voters have no gender listed. 50.9% of all Illinois residents are female, according to the U.S. Census.
Map data sourced from the Illinois State Board of Elections. Age of Active Voters
Category Number Percent of Voters Percent of Eligible Pop. Age 18-24 542,017 7.1% 12.8% Age 25 -34 1,262,771 16.7% 18.4% Age 35 - 44 1,209,919 16% 17.2% Age 45 - 54 1,377,103 18.2% 18.5% Age 55 - 64 1,415,109 18.7% 15.9% Age 65+ 1,676,914 22.2% 17.2%
Age Undefined 64,533 .8%
Voter Turnout 2008 - 2014
These maps show voter turnout over the past four election cycles by party and election jurisdiction
2008 Primary Election
This map shows a dot for every ten votes cast by party in the 2008 Primary Election. It is broken down by Illinois State Senate districts.
Primary votes cast: 2,416,022 Voter turnout: 32%
Top race: (D) Obama, Clinton (R) McCain, Huckabee, Romney
Democrat: 1,598,803 (66%) Republican: 739,486 (30%) Other: 77,733 (3%) General Election votes cast: 4,480,341 Voter Turnout: 59% Top race: Barack Obama vs John McCain
Map data sourced from the Illinois State Board of Elections. 2010 Primary Election
This map shows a dot for every ten votes cast by party in the 2010 Primary Election. It is broken down by Illinois State Senate districts.
Primary votes cast: 1,540,656 Voter turnout: 20%
Top races: (D) Quinn vs Hynes (R) Brady, Dillard, McKenna
Democrat: 824,543 (53.5%) Republican: 681,641 (44%) Other: 34,472 (2%)
General Election votes cast: 3,332,594 Voter turnout: 44%
Top race: Pat Quinn vs Bill Brady
Map data sourced from the Illinois State Board of Elections. 2012 Primary Election
This map shows a dot for every ten votes cast by party in the 2012 Primary Election. It is broken down by Illinois State Senate districts.
Primary votes cast: 1,567,354 Voter turnout: 20.8%
Top races: (D) Barack Obama (R) Romney, Santorum, Paul
Democrat: 669,246 (42%) Republican: 873,033 (55%) Other: 25,075 (1%)
General Election votes cast: 4,898,621 Voter turnout: 65%
Top race: Barack Obama vs Mitt Romney
Map data sourced from the Illinois State Board of Elections. 2014 Primary Election
This map shows a dot for every ten votes cast by party in the 2014 Primary Election. It is broken down by Illinois State Senate districts.
Primary votes cast: 1,321,455 Voter turnout: 17.6%
Top races: (D) Pat Quinn, Tio Hardiman (R) Rauner, Dillard, Brady, Rutherford
Democrat: 482,558 (36%) Republican: 811,904 (61%) Other: 26,993 (2%)
General Election votes cast: 3,620,532 Voter turnout: 48%
Top race: Pat Quinn vs Bruce Rauner
Map data sourced from the Illinois State Board of Elections. 54% is the average voter turnout for IL General Elections from 2008 - 2014
Primary average turnout has been 22% for the same time period
2008 2010 2012 2014
Primary Ballots Cast 2008 - 2014
(D) 66% (R) 30% (D) 53% (R) 44% (D) 42% (R) 55% (D) 36% (R) 61%
What does the Voter Project Show Us?
the past four years
population
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By the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform View this data online at ilcampaign.org
312-436-1274 www.ilcampaign.org