2052 United States presidential election in Illinois



The 2052 United States presidential election in Illinois was held on Tuesday, November 5, 2052, as part of the 2052 United States presidential election. Democratic incumbent president and Illinois native Laura Les won with 52.06% of the vote and a 7.50% margin of victory. Illinois was the only state in the entire Midwest that was not won by Abdul O'Shea; Minnesota voted Republican in a presidential election for the first time since 1972 the same night.

Illinois was targeted by some versions of O'Shea's "hit list," but was not a primary target due to Les' personal connection to the state. Despite this, it still voted relatively narrowly to re-elect her to a second term; it only barely failed to outpace 2036 as the weakest Democratic performance in Illinois from 1992 to this election.

Les' win in her home state was entirely powered by her performance in the Chicago metropolitan area, which she won by a huge margin. O'Shea dominated in rural Illinois, winning the region by the largest margin of any Republican candidate in decades. The only county Les was able to carry outside of the Chicago area was university-dominated Champaign County.