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1876–2024
DuPage County, Illinois
DuPage County·Illinois

DuPage County changed direction in the last decade.

Once a GOP stronghold, now a consistent Democratic-leaning suburb

18762024·38 elections
DuPage County, Illinois · Neatpete86 at English Wikipedia · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+13
in 2024
Archetype
Recent convert
since the recent cycles
Population
930,024
2024 ACS
Most similar
Kane County
IL · similarity 0.98
600 precincts · 456,882 votes cast
Harris · D+13
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+13.1%
251,164191,243456,882
2020D
+18.0%
281,222193,611487,763
2016D
+14.4%
228,622166,415430,674
2012D
+1.1%
199,460195,046401,081
2008D
+10.8%
228,698183,626417,973
2004R
−9.6%
180,097218,902402,446
2000R
−13.3%
152,550201,037364,362
1996R
−10.8%
129,709164,630324,486
1992R
−17.2%
114,564178,271370,987
1988R
−39.4%
94,285217,907314,054
1984R
−51.9%
71,430227,141300,215
1980R
−39.8%
68,991182,308284,749
1976R
−40.4%
72,137175,055254,547
1972R
−50.2%
57,043172,341229,739
1968R
−40.7%
48,492124,893187,496
1964R
−19.8%
66,22998,871165,100
1960R
−39.0%
44,263101,014145,445
1956R
−59.7%
23,10391,834115,144
1952R
−51.8%
22,48971,13493,840
1948R
−48.6%
15,52845,79462,238
1944R
−38.1%
18,71141,89060,775
1940R
−36.3%
18,92340,74660,049
1936R
−13.0%
21,68428,38051,632
1932R
−15.7%
18,54725,75845,809
1928R
−45.3%
10,47928,01638,712
1924R
−64.7%
1,89316,91723,233
1920R
−68.1%
2,08412,28014,976
1916R
−31.4%
4,8169,61015,284
1912D
+13.8%
2,2361,1367,961
1908R
−36.1%
1,9754,5307,080
1904R
−44.6%
1,4074,0785,991
1900R
−31.8%
1,9473,8696,053
1896R
−42.3%
1,5884,1155,971
1892R
−6.6%
2,1542,4784,922
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
African American
4.0%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
37.4%
Non-Christian
9.4%
Other Christian
7.6%
Mainline Protestant
6.6%
Methodist
1.8%
Baptist
0.4%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.4%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 36.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

DuPage County, long one of Illinois's most reliably Republican counties, has shifted markedly leftward over the past decade as college-educated suburban voters realigned. In 2024 it delivered a Democratic presidential margin of 13.1 points.

The 2008 election was the turning point, when the Democratic candidate carried the county by eleven points. The 2024 margin was thirteen points, in line with the county's new direction.

The demographics suggest why. A population of 930,024, a 65% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $112,096 situate the county in the broader realignment patterns of recent cycles. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Kane County and Charleston County.