Election Results for Peoria, IL Metro Area -- RightDataUSA.com

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	9,607	11.9
Deaths:	10,880	13.5
Net Migration:	-5,474	-6.8
Net Immigration:	826	1.0

Recent Trends
	Votes	Δ Margin	Swing %
2020 vs. 2016	R +10,030	D +1,340	D + 2.5%
D +11,370
2020 vs. 2012	R +15,112	R +13,329	R + 6.1%
D +1,783
2020 vs. 2008	R +20,706	R +33,285	R + 17.1%
D -12,579

2016 vs. 2008	R +10,676	R +34,625	R + 19.7%
D -23,949
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Year	Turnout	Winner			Runner-Up			Other		Total Votes	Diff (US)	PUSV
2020	66%	Donald Trump* (R)	111,632	55.6%	Joe Biden (D)	83,880	41.8%	5,194 [+]	2.6%	200,706	9	0.13%
[-] Other candidates in 2020: Jo Jorgensen (Lbt) 3,113 (1.6%);
2016	60%	Donald Trump (R)	101,602	54.0%	Hillary Clinton (D)	72,510	38.5%	14,129 [+]	7.5%	188,241	8	0.14%
[-] Other candidates in 2016: Gary Johnson (Lbt) 9,220 (4.9%); Jill Stein (Grn) 2,479 (1.3%); Evan McMullin (I) 0 (0.0%);
2012	58%	Mitt Romney (R)	96,520	52.9%	Barack Obama* (D)	82,097	45.0%	3,956 [+]	2.2%	182,573	6	0.14%
[-] Other candidates in 2012: Gary Johnson (Lbt) 2,386 (1.3%);
2008	61%	Barack Obama (D)	96,459	50.5%	John McCain (R)	90,926	47.6%	3,555 [+]	1.9%	190,940	2	0.15%
[-] Other candidates in 2008: Ralph Nader (I) 1,369 (0.7%); Bob Barr (Lbt) 842 (0.4%);
2004	61%	George W. Bush* (R)	103,200	54.1%	John Kerry (D)	86,015	45.1%	1,376 [+]	0.7%	190,591	3	0.16%
[-] Other candidates in 2004: Ralph Nader (I) 0 (0.0%);
2000	58%	George W. Bush (R)	90,615	51.2%	Albert Gore, Jr. (D)	82,233	46.4%	4,278 [+]	2.4%	177,126	3	0.17%
[-] Other candidates in 2000: Ralph Nader (Grn) 3,082 (1.7%); Pat Buchanan (Ref) 711 (0.4%);
1996	56%	Bill Clinton* (D)	79,551	47.6%	Robert Dole (R)	72,798	43.6%	14,758 [+]	8.8%	167,107	3	0.17%
[-] Other candidates in 1996: Ross Perot (Ref) 13,712 (8.2%); Harry Browne (Lbt) 674 (0.4%); Ralph Nader (Grn) 0 (0.0%);
1992	63%	Bill Clinton (D)	83,897	45.3%	George Bush* (R)	71,156	38.4%	30,122 [+]	16.3%	185,175	1	0.18%
[-] Other candidates in 1992: Ross Perot (I) 29,523 (15.9%);
1988	56%	George Bush (R)	88,368	53.0%	Michael Dukakis (D)	77,522	46.5%	850 [+]	0.5%	166,740	0	0.18%
[-] Other candidates in 1988: Ron Paul (Lbt) 399 (0.2%);
1984	61%	Ronald Reagan* (R)	105,582	57.5%	Walter Mondale (D)	76,939	41.9%	953	0.5%	183,474	-1	0.20%
[-] Other candidates in 1984:
1980	60%	Ronald Reagan (R)	111,110	60.3%	Jimmy Carter* (D)	58,942	32.0%	14,236 [+]	7.7%	184,288	10	0.21%
[-] Other candidates in 1980: John Anderson (I) 11,407 (6.2%); Edward Clark (Lbt) 2,518 (1.4%);
1976	70%	Gerald Ford* (R)	100,172	56.4%	Jimmy Carter (D)	75,276	42.4%	2,293 [+]	1.3%	177,741	8	0.22%
[-] Other candidates in 1976: Eugene McCarthy (I) 1,469 (0.8%);
1972	69%	Richard Nixon* (R)	111,192	65.8%	George McGovern (D)	57,061	33.8%	686 [+]	0.4%	168,939	5	0.22%
[-] Other candidates in 1972: John Schmitz (Amer) 0 (0.0%);
1968	76%	Richard Nixon (R)	83,639	50.3%	Hubert Humphrey (D)	68,859	41.5%	13,627 [+]	8.2%	166,125	7	0.23%
[-] Other candidates in 1968: George Wallace (AIP) 13,001 (7.8%);
1964	80%	Lyndon Johnson* (D)	100,202	58.9%	Barry Goldwater (R)	69,856	41.1%	0	0.0%	170,058	3	0.24%
[-] Other candidates in 1964:
1960	85%	Richard Nixon (R)	96,671	55.1%	John Kennedy (D)	78,541	44.8%	202	0.1%	175,414	6	0.25%
[-] Other candidates in 1960:
1956	78%	Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	103,463	62.6%	Adlai Stevenson (D)	61,697	37.3%	234	0.1%	165,394	5	0.27%
[-] Other candidates in 1956:
1952	82%	Dwight Eisenhower (R)	99,580	60.1%	Adlai Stevenson (D)	65,947	39.8%	234	0.1%	165,761	5	0.27%
[-] Other candidates in 1952:
1948	68%	Thomas Dewey (R)	69,132	53.0%	Harry Truman* (D)	60,506	46.4%	726 [+]	0.6%	130,364	8	0.27%
[-] Other candidates in 1948: Henry Wallace (Prog) 0 (0.0%); Strom Thurmond (StsRts) 0 (0.0%);
1944	75%	Thomas Dewey (R)	71,301	52.6%	Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	63,706	47.0%	558	0.4%	135,565	7	0.28%
[-] Other candidates in 1944:
1940	93%	Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	81,306	51.9%	Wendell Willkie (R)	74,641	47.6%	738	0.5%	156,685	3	0.31%
[-] Other candidates in 1940:
1936	96%	Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	88,905	60.9%	Alf Landon (R)	54,586	37.4%	2,381 [+]	1.6%	145,872	1	0.32%
[-] Other candidates in 1936: William Lemke (Union) 1,956 (1.3%); Norman Thomas (Soc) 164 (0.1%);
1932	87%	Franklin Roosevelt (D)	75,086	59.4%	Herbert Hoover* (R)	49,156	38.9%	2,210 [+]	1.7%	126,452	-1	0.32%
[-] Other candidates in 1932: Norman Thomas (Soc) 1,639 (1.3%);
1928	82%	Herbert Hoover (R)	63,168	58.0%	Al Smith (D)	44,096	40.5%	1,597 [+]	1.5%	108,861	0	0.30%
[-] Other candidates in 1928: Norman Thomas (Soc) 1,427 (1.3%);
1924	75%	Calvin Coolidge (R)	52,159	56.0%	Robert LaFollette (Prog)	21,385	23.0%	19,584 [+]	21.0%	93,128	2	0.32%
[-] Other candidates in 1924: John Davis (D) 19,177 (20.6%);
1920	70%	Warren Harding (R)	53,156	65.1%	James Cox (D)	22,592	27.7%	5,872 [+]	7.2%	81,620	5	0.30%
[-] Other candidates in 1920: Parley Christiansen (FL) 3,133 (3.8%); Eugene Debs (Soc) 1,881 (2.3%); Aaron Watkins (Proh) 630 (0.8%);
1916	82%	Charles Evans Hughes (R)	45,761	50.0%	Woodrow Wilson* (D)	41,749	45.6%	3,996 [+]	4.4%	91,506	4	0.49%
[-] Other candidates in 1916: Allan Benson (Soc) 2,462 (2.7%); James Hanly (Proh) 1,344 (1.5%);
1912	48%	Woodrow Wilson (D)	20,325	39.4%	Theodore Roosevelt (Prog)	18,791	36.5%	12,411 [+]	24.1%	51,527	-7	0.34%
[-] Other candidates in 1912: William Taft* (R) 8,100 (15.7%); Eugene Debs (Soc) 3,442 (6.7%); Eugene Chafin (Proh) 627 (1.2%);
1908	52%	William Taft (R)	26,404	51.3%	William J. Bryan (D)	22,198	43.1%	2,861 [+]	5.6%	51,463	0	0.35%
[-] Other candidates in 1908: Eugene Chafin (Proh) 1,328 (2.6%); Eugene Debs (Soc) 1,326 (2.6%); Thomas Hisgen (I) 58 (0.1%);
1904	51%	Theodore Roosevelt (R)	28,617	58.2%	Alton Parker (D)	16,770	34.1%	3,743 [+]	7.6%	49,130	2	0.36%
[-] Other candidates in 1904: Eugene Debs (Soc) 1,840 (3.7%); Silas Swallow (Proh) 1,496 (3.0%); Thomas Watson (Pop) 187 (0.4%);
1900	56%	William McKinley* (R)	27,083	50.9%	William J. Bryan (D)	24,654	46.3%	1,458 [+]	2.7%	53,195	-1	0.38%
[-] Other candidates in 1900: John Woolley (Proh) 933 (1.8%); Eugene Debs (Soc) 296 (0.6%);

* incumbent PSV: percent of state vote

2020 President, Peoria, IL Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Joe Biden (D)

83,880

41.8%

Donald Trump* (R)

111,632

55.6%

Jo Jorgensen (Lbt)

3,113

1.6%

Other

2,081

1.0%

TOTAL

200,706

Turnout: 66%	Diff (US): 9

2016 President, Peoria, IL Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Hillary Clinton (D)

72,510

38.5%

Donald Trump (R)

101,602

54.0%

Gary Johnson (Lbt)

9,220

4.9%

Jill Stein (Grn)

2,479

1.3%

Other

2,430

1.3%

TOTAL

188,241

Turnout: 60%	Diff (US): 8

2012 President, Peoria, IL Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Barack Obama* (D)

82,097

45.0%

Mitt Romney (R)

96,520

52.9%

Gary Johnson (Lbt)

2,386

1.3%

Other

1,570

0.9%

TOTAL

182,573

Turnout: 58%	Diff (US): 6

2008 President, Peoria, IL Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Barack Obama (D)

96,459

50.5%

John McCain (R)

90,926

47.6%

Ralph Nader (I)

1,369

0.7%

Bob Barr (Lbt)

842

0.4%

Other

1,344

0.7%

TOTAL

190,940

Turnout: 61%	Diff (US): 2

2004 President, Peoria, IL Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

George W. Bush* (R)

103,200

54.1%

John Kerry (D)

86,015

45.1%

Other

1,376

0.7%

TOTAL

190,591

Turnout: 61%	Diff (US): 3

2000 President, Peoria, IL Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

George W. Bush (R)

90,615

51.2%

Albert Gore, Jr. (D)

82,233

46.4%

Ralph Nader (Grn)

3,082

1.7%

Pat Buchanan (Ref)

711

0.4%

Other

485

0.3%

TOTAL

177,126

Turnout: 58%	Diff (US): 3

1996 President, Peoria, IL Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Bill Clinton* (D)

79,551

47.6%

Robert Dole (R)

72,798

43.6%

Ross Perot (Ref)

13,712

8.2%

Harry Browne (Lbt)

674

0.4%

Other

372

0.2%

TOTAL

167,107

Turnout: 56%	Diff (US): 3

1992 President, Peoria, IL Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Bill Clinton (D)

83,897

45.3%

George Bush* (R)

71,156

38.4%

Ross Perot (I)

29,523

15.9%

Other

599

0.3%

TOTAL

185,175

Turnout: 63%	Diff (US): 1

1988 President, Peoria, IL Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

George Bush (R)

88,368

53.0%

Michael Dukakis (D)

77,522

46.5%

Ron Paul (Lbt)

399

0.2%

Other

451

0.3%

TOTAL

166,740

Turnout: 56%	Diff (US): 0

1984 President, Peoria, IL Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Ronald Reagan* (R)

105,582

57.5%

Walter Mondale (D)

76,939

41.9%

Other

953

0.5%

TOTAL

183,474

Turnout: 61%	Diff (US): -1

1980 President, Peoria, IL Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Ronald Reagan (R)

111,110

60.3%

Jimmy Carter* (D)

58,942

32.0%

John Anderson (I)

11,407

6.2%

Edward Clark (Lbt)

2,518

1.4%

Other

311

0.2%

TOTAL

184,288

Turnout: 60%	Diff (US): 10

1976 President, Peoria, IL Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Jimmy Carter (D)

75,276

42.4%

Gerald Ford* (R)

100,172

56.4%

Eugene McCarthy (I)

1,469

0.8%

Other

824

0.5%

TOTAL

177,741

Turnout: 70%	Diff (US): 8

1972 President, Peoria, IL Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Richard Nixon* (R)

111,192

65.8%

George McGovern (D)

57,061

33.8%

Other

686

0.4%

TOTAL

168,939

Turnout: 69%	Diff (US): 5

1968 President, Peoria, IL Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Richard Nixon (R)

83,639

50.3%

Hubert Humphrey (D)

68,859

41.5%

George Wallace (AIP)

13,001

7.8%

Other

626

0.4%

TOTAL

166,125

Turnout: 76%	Diff (US): 7

1964 President, Peoria, IL Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Lyndon Johnson* (D)

100,202

58.9%

Barry Goldwater (R)

69,856

41.1%

TOTAL

170,058

Turnout: 80%	Diff (US): 3

1960 President, Peoria, IL Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

John Kennedy (D)

78,541

44.8%

Richard Nixon (R)

96,671

55.1%

Other

202

0.1%

TOTAL

175,414

Turnout: 85%	Diff (US): 6

1956 President, Peoria, IL Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Dwight Eisenhower* (R)

103,463

62.6%

Adlai Stevenson (D)

61,697

37.3%

Other

234

0.1%

TOTAL

165,394

Turnout: 78%	Diff (US): 5

1952 President, Peoria, IL Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Dwight Eisenhower (R)

99,580

60.1%

Adlai Stevenson (D)

65,947

39.8%

Other

234

0.1%

TOTAL

165,761

Turnout: 82%	Diff (US): 5

1948 President, Peoria, IL Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Harry Truman* (D)

60,506

46.4%

Thomas Dewey (R)

69,132

53.0%

Other

726

0.6%

TOTAL

130,364

Turnout: 68%	Diff (US): 8

1944 President, Peoria, IL Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Franklin Roosevelt* (D)

63,706

47.0%

Thomas Dewey (R)

71,301

52.6%

Other

558

0.4%

TOTAL

135,565

Turnout: 75%	Diff (US): 7

1940 President, Peoria, IL Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Franklin Roosevelt* (D)

81,306

51.9%

Wendell Willkie (R)

74,641

47.6%

Other

738

0.5%

TOTAL

156,685

Turnout: 93%	Diff (US): 3

1936 President, Peoria, IL Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Franklin Roosevelt* (D)

88,905

60.9%

Alf Landon (R)

54,586

37.4%

William Lemke (Union)

1,956

1.3%

Norman Thomas (Soc)

164

0.1%

Other

261

0.2%

TOTAL

145,872

Turnout: 96%	Diff (US): 1

1932 President, Peoria, IL Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Franklin Roosevelt (D)

75,086

59.4%

Herbert Hoover* (R)

49,156

38.9%

Norman Thomas (Soc)

1,639

1.3%

Other

571

0.5%

TOTAL

126,452

Turnout: 87%	Diff (US): -1

1928 President, Peoria, IL Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Herbert Hoover (R)

63,168

58.0%

Al Smith (D)

44,096

40.5%

Norman Thomas (Soc)

1,427

1.3%

Other

170

0.2%

TOTAL

108,861

Turnout: 82%	Diff (US): 0

1924 President, Peoria, IL Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Calvin Coolidge (R)

52,159

56.0%

John Davis (D)

19,177

20.6%

Robert LaFollette (Prog)

21,385

23.0%

Other

407

0.4%

TOTAL

93,128

Turnout: 75%	Diff (US): 2

1920 President, Peoria, IL Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Warren Harding (R)

53,156

65.1%

James Cox (D)

22,592

27.7%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

1,881

2.3%

Parley Christiansen (FL)

3,133

3.8%

Aaron Watkins (Proh)

630

0.8%

Other

228

0.3%

TOTAL

81,620

Turnout: 70%	Diff (US): 5

1916 President, Peoria, IL Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Woodrow Wilson* (D)

41,749

45.6%

Charles Evans Hughes (R)

45,761

50.0%

Allan Benson (Soc)

2,462

2.7%

James Hanly (Proh)

1,344

1.5%

Other

190

0.2%

TOTAL

91,506

Turnout: 82%	Diff (US): 4

1912 President, Peoria, IL Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Woodrow Wilson (D)

20,325

39.4%

Theodore Roosevelt (Prog)

18,791

36.5%

William Taft* (R)

8,100

15.7%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

3,442

6.7%

Eugene Chafin (Proh)

627

1.2%

Other

242

0.5%

TOTAL

51,527

Turnout: 48%	Diff (US): -7

1908 President, Peoria, IL Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

William Taft (R)

26,404

51.3%

William J. Bryan (D)

22,198

43.1%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

1,326

2.6%

Eugene Chafin (Proh)

1,328

2.6%

Thomas Hisgen (I)

0.1%

Other

149

0.3%

TOTAL

51,463

Turnout: 52%	Diff (US): 0

1904 President, Peoria, IL Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Theodore Roosevelt (R)

28,617

58.2%

Alton Parker (D)

16,770

34.1%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

1,840

3.7%

Silas Swallow (Proh)

1,496

3.0%

Thomas Watson (Pop)

187

0.4%

Other

220

0.4%

TOTAL

49,130

Turnout: 51%	Diff (US): 2

1900 President, Peoria, IL Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

William McKinley* (R)

27,083

50.9%

William J. Bryan (D)

24,654

46.3%

John Woolley (Proh)

933

1.8%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

296

0.6%

Other

229

0.4%

TOTAL

53,195

Turnout: 56%	Diff (US): -1

* incumbent

2022 Census data
White:	324,309	81.80%	1.5%
Black:	37,286	9.40%	8.6%
Indian:	971	0.24%	25.9%
Asian:	9,459	2.39%	31.8%
2+ races:	8,431	2.13%	30.7%
Hispanic:	16,010	4.04%	52.2%

Total non-White:	72,157	18.20%	20.9%

Change in White population:	4,816	1.3
Change in Non-White pop.:	12,464	3.3

Peoria, IL Metro Area

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