Illinois 1978 Governor Election

Name: Illinois 1978 Governor Election Results
Creator: Akashic Edge

Michael Bakalis vs. James R. Thompson

James R. Thompson won the Illinois 1978 governor election with 1,859,684 votes (59.0%), a margin of R+18.9.

Statewide Results

40.1%

59.0%

1,263,134

Michael Bakalis (40.1%)

1,859,684

James R. Thompson (59.0%)

Total Votes: 3,150,095|Margin: R+18.9

County Results

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County Results (102 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
FRANKLIN	D+15.1	R+1.5	D+5.0	13,179	—
GALLATIN	D+10.3	R+0.6	D+5.5	2,972	—
MACOUPIN	D+8.0	R+13.5	R+7.3	16,214	—
SALINE	D+7.9	R+11.1	R+8.6	9,082	—
MADISON	D+4.3	R+7.3	R+8.2	55,936	—
ST. CLAIR	D+3.3	D+4.0	D+1.2	61,261	—
ALEXANDER	D+3.2	D+4.8	D+5.5	4,712	—
UNION	D+0.5	R+6.0	R+10.6	6,360	—
RANDOLPH	D+0.3	R+17.8	R+19.3	12,898	—
JERSEY	D+0.2	R+21.6	R+15.5	6,708	—
CALHOUN	R+0.6	R+13.2	R+6.6	2,382	—
WILLIAMSON	R+1.2	R+14.0	R+12.5	16,916	—
WHITE	R+1.7	R+20.0	R+22.7	6,877	—
PERRY	R+2.2	R+14.6	R+12.1	9,082	—
HARDIN	R+2.9	R+13.1	R+16.7	2,671	—
MASSAC	R+3.8	R+20.1	R+9.0	5,649	—
CHRISTIAN	R+5.2	R+13.4	R+6.1	10,760	—
BROWN	R+5.2	R+26.4	R+21.2	2,425	—
MARION	R+6.6	R+21.3	R+19.5	12,479	—
MONTGOMERY	R+6.9	R+20.9	R+12.5	12,066	—
FULTON	R+7.2	R+15.0	R+0.1	12,797	—
CASS	R+7.5	R+21.0	R+7.8	5,060	—
GREENE	R+8.0	R+22.7	R+22.4	5,323	—
PIKE	R+8.9	R+17.2	R+14.3	6,621	—
JASPER	R+9.1	R+30.3	R+35.3	4,484	—
COOK	R+9.1	D+12.4	D+2.6	1,499,832	—
PULASKI	R+10.3	R+3.1	R+5.4	3,534	—
FAYETTE	R+10.4	R+27.9	R+26.4	8,607	—
CLINTON	R+10.5	R+29.6	R+33.1	10,061	—
POPE	R+11.2	R+25.3	R+24.3	2,125	—
HAMILTON	R+12.1	R+23.2	R+15.4	4,413	—
JACKSON	R+14.2	R+0.9	R+5.8	14,428	—
JEFFERSON	R+14.3	R+13.5	R+14.5	10,191	—
ROCK ISLAND	R+14.9	R+6.6	D+6.7	41,506	—
MASON	R+15.8	R+25.5	R+10.1	4,850	—
VERMILION	R+15.9	R+20.4	R+16.2	27,354	—
SCHUYLER	R+15.9	R+30.4	R+24.2	3,843	—
JOHNSON	R+16.6	R+33.0	R+35.0	3,876	—
PUTNAM	R+16.8	R+23.5	R+12.5	2,628	—
WINNEBAGO	R+17.1	R+15.6	R+17.9	61,972	—
SHELBY	R+17.4	R+22.5	R+19.2	8,077	—
CUMBERLAND	R+17.7	R+24.0	R+26.6	4,421	—
MOULTRIE	R+18.7	R+18.9	R+18.7	4,712	—
WABASH	R+19.5	R+27.3	R+33.8	4,226	—
EFFINGHAM	R+19.8	R+35.3	R+42.8	9,407	—
BOND	R+20.0	R+20.8	R+19.2	5,805	—
HENDERSON	R+20.5	R+19.6	R+7.5	3,755	—
TAZEWELL	R+20.5	R+32.9	R+18.7	32,850	—
MORGAN	R+20.8	R+29.0	R+33.1	13,187	—
SCOTT	R+20.8	R+34.5	R+35.2	2,725	—
MERCER	R+21.1	R+19.5	R+10.4	6,615	—
ADAMS	R+21.8	R+28.9	R+32.3	21,302	—
LEE	R+21.9	R+53.1	R+47.9	9,560	—
KNOX	R+22.2	R+23.5	R+10.9	16,925	—
COLES	R+23.1	R+25.4	R+32.3	13,446	—
WAYNE	R+23.6	R+28.8	R+41.1	7,459	—
SANGAMON	R+23.7	R+23.5	R+22.6	63,726	—
MACON	R+24.5	R+11.1	R+8.9	32,896	—
WHITESIDE	R+24.9	R+39.1	R+19.6	14,705	—
HENRY	R+25.3	R+27.0	R+15.1	14,163	—
CLAY	R+25.7	R+25.6	R+28.7	5,412	—
PEORIA	R+25.8	R+23.4	R+10.6	50,113	—
LA SALLE	R+26.0	R+22.0	R+14.2	32,389	—
RICHLAND	R+26.3	R+34.2	R+44.2	5,621	—
EDGAR	R+26.6	R+30.9	R+35.4	7,972	—
CLARK	R+27.0	R+30.2	R+27.3	6,041	—
LAWRENCE	R+27.4	R+18.1	R+23.1	5,598	—
CRAWFORD	R+27.6	R+26.0	R+33.2	8,125	—
MENARD	R+27.7	R+36.7	R+36.4	4,206	—
BUREAU	R+29.4	R+30.8	R+25.7	12,491	—
MONROE	R+29.7	R+32.2	R+36.0	6,940	—
EDWARDS	R+29.9	R+40.4	R+44.8	3,244	—
MARSHALL	R+30.0	R+36.4	R+25.8	4,682	—
WASHINGTON	R+30.6	R+41.2	R+36.8	5,560	—
JO DAVIESS	R+31.2	R+28.0	R+27.2	6,137	—
DE WITT	R+31.4	R+32.5	R+31.6	4,973	—
LOGAN	R+31.8	R+40.1	R+41.9	10,313	—
HANCOCK	R+32.0	R+29.1	R+25.4	6,263	—
WILL	R+33.3	R+22.7	R+26.9	75,048	—
KANKAKEE	R+34.5	R+22.5	R+21.6	29,460	—
DOUGLAS	R+34.7	R+33.3	R+32.6	6,172	—
WOODFORD	R+35.0	R+47.4	R+41.5	9,016	—
BOONE	R+35.0	R+30.3	R+33.8	7,107	—
MCLEAN	R+36.0	R+33.5	R+33.8	30,899	—
PIATT	R+37.3	R+31.3	R+27.4	6,411	—
OGLE	R+38.9	R+44.9	R+47.3	10,807	—
STARK	R+39.4	R+45.9	R+34.8	2,761	—
GRUNDY	R+39.6	R+33.5	R+34.4	10,402	—
STEPHENSON	R+39.8	R+22.5	R+35.6	11,526	—
WARREN	R+40.8	R+32.1	R+27.5	5,255	—
CARROLL	R+42.5	R+36.5	R+37.1	5,083	—
MCDONOUGH	R+42.6	R+33.6	R+34.4	7,960	—
LIVINGSTON	R+46.9	R+44.2	R+45.7	10,819	—
KANE	R+47.3	R+33.8	R+38.8	63,838	—
CHAMPAIGN	R+47.8	R+18.8	R+17.9	37,172	—
IROQUOIS	R+49.3	R+51.4	R+54.7	12,156	—
LAKE	R+50.6	R+29.2	R+37.2	95,441	—
DEKALB	R+51.4	R+24.6	R+29.7	17,898	—
FORD	R+52.2	R+44.6	R+46.6	5,028	—
DU PAGE	R+56.9	R+39.8	R+51.9	165,526	—
MCHENRY	R+57.3	R+41.4	R+53.0	35,091	—
KENDALL	R+58.2	R+48.1	R+48.1	9,043	—

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County Results (102 counties)

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