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West township, IL


Effingham County, IL

Tracts in this county

   

2022 population: 503   ( 36 from 2010 )
Land area: 36.9 square miles
Population density: 13.6 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:494 98.21% 8.3%
Black:00.00% 100.0%
Indian:91.79% 0.0%
Asian:00.00% 100.0%
2+ races:00.00% 100.0%
Hispanic:00.00% 100.0%
Total non-White:91.79% 18.2%

2010-2022 ComponentsNumberRate
Change in White population:38 9.9
Change in Non-White pop.:-2 -0.5



Historical Presidential Election Results for West township, IL



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YearTurnout WinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal Votes Diff
(St)
Diff
(US)
PSV
2020 78% Donald Trump* (R) 253 84.3% Joe Biden (D) 41 13.7% 6 2.0% 300 44 38 0.00%
2016 73% Donald Trump (R) 224 82.1% Hillary Clinton (D) 42 15.4% 7 2.6% 273 44 36 0.00%
2012 69% Mitt Romney (R) 198 79.8% Barack Obama* (D) 48 19.4% 2 0.8% 248 39 33 0.00%
2008 65% John McCain (R) 171 73.1% Barack Obama (D) 62 26.5% 1 0.4% 234 36 27 0.00%
2000 62% George W. Bush (R) 157 68.6% Albert Gore, Jr. (D) 67 29.3% 5 2.2% 229 26 21 0.00%
* incumbent         PSV: percent of state vote



2020 President, West township
CandidateVotesPct
Joe Biden (D) 41 13.7%
Donald Trump* (R) 253 84.3%
Jo Jorgensen (Lbt) 6 2.0%
TOTAL 300
Turnout: 78% Diff (St): 44 Diff (US): 38


2016 President, West township
CandidateVotesPct
Hillary Clinton (D) 42 15.4%
Donald Trump (R) 224 82.1%
Gary Johnson (Lbt) 7 2.6%
TOTAL 273
Turnout: 73% Diff (St): 44 Diff (US): 36


2012 President, West township
CandidateVotesPct
Barack Obama* (D) 48 19.4%
Mitt Romney (R) 198 79.8%
Other 2 0.8%
TOTAL 248
Turnout: 69% Diff (St): 39 Diff (US): 33


2008 President, West township
CandidateVotesPct
Barack Obama (D) 62 26.5%
John McCain (R) 171 73.1%
Other 1 0.4%
TOTAL 234
Turnout: 65% Diff (St): 36 Diff (US): 27


2000 President, West township
CandidateVotesPct
George W. Bush (R) 157 68.6%
Albert Gore, Jr. (D) 67 29.3%
Ralph Nader (Grn) 2 0.9%
Other 3 1.3%
TOTAL 229
Turnout: 62% Diff (St): 26 Diff (US): 21
* incumbent

Historical Statewide Election Results for West township, IL

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YearTypeTurnout WinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal VotesDiff PSV
2022 S3 72% Kathy Salvi (R) 228 82.3% Tammy Duckworth* (D) 47 17.0% 2 [+] 0.7% 277 41 0.01%
2022 G 72% Darren Bailey (R) 232 84.1% J.B. Pritzker* (D) 39 14.1% 5 [+] 1.8% 276 42 0.01%
2020 S2 79% Mark Curran (R) 241 79.8% Richard Durbin* (D) 61 20.2% 0 0.0% 302 41 0.01%
2018 G 61% Bruce Rauner* (R) 168 73.4% J.B. Pritzker (D) 37 16.2% 24 [+] 10.5% 229 35 0.01%
2016 S3 74% Mark Kirk* (R) 206 75.2% Tammy Duckworth (D) 54 19.7% 14 [+] 5.1% 274 35 0.00%
2014 S2 57% Jim Oberweis (R) 136 64.8% Richard Durbin* (D) 72 34.3% 2 [+] 1.0% 210 22 0.01%
2014 G 57% Bruce Rauner (R) 166 78.7% Pat Quinn* (D) 36 17.1% 9 [+] 4.3% 211 28 0.01%
*: incumbent               +: ran on additional party lines               Type: G: Governor; S1,S2,S3: Senate Class 1, 2 or 3
italics: special election           RO: runoff election           PSV: percent of state vote