The Green Papers: Election 2000 
 
Democratic PartyIllinois Democrat
Primary: Tuesday, March 21, 2000
Popular VoteDelegate Votes
Floor VoteHard Total
Gore, Al  682,916  84%  189.   99%  149.   78%
Bradley, Bill  115,317  14%         12.    6%
Uncommitted                29.   15%
LaRouche, Lyndon  11,415   1%            
abstentions           1.    1%      
Total  809,648 100%  190.  100%  190.  100%
Voter Eligibility: Open Primary, Polls Close at 7 PM CST (0100 UTC)
Delegate Selection: Proportional Primary

190 total delegate votes - 105 district / 35 at-large; 21 Pledged PLEOs; 26 Unpledged PLEOs; 3 Unpledged add-ons

Last modified Wednesday, August 16, 2000
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30 April 2000: Unpledged delegate preference update: Gore 24, Bradley 0. Unpledged delegates appear in the "Soft Unpledged" field.


The Popular Vote above is based on official returns from the 21 March Primary. This Presidential Primary coincides with a state/local primary. These coinciding primaries tend to have an impact upon voter turnout.

21 March Unpledged delegate preference update: Gore 20, Bradley 2. Unpledged delegates appear in the "Soft Unpledged" field.


Here's how we compute the delegate count:

  1. A candidate must receive 15% or more of the total popular vote to qualify for delegates. Discard those votes cast for candidates who do not qualify.
  2. Allocate Congressional District delegates from the qualified vote in each district. Allocate Pledged PLEO and At-Large delegates using the statewide qualified vote. Bill Bradley, having withdrawn from the campaign, is not entitled to receive At-Large and PLEO delegates.
  3. In each jurisdiction:
    1. Total qualified vote = total votes cast for the qualifying candidates in the jurisdiction.
    2. Allocation = (delegates for the jurisdiction) × (candidate's popular vote) ÷ (total qualified vote).
    3. Assign each candidate the WHOLE NUMBER of delegates.
    4. If delegates remain, allocate each of the remaining delegates to those candidates with the LARGEST REMAINDERS.

ContestGoreBradley
 VoteDelVote%DelVote%Del
CD186,353886,353100.000%89,925  
CD266,874866,874100.000%84,822  
CD346,663538,02381.484%48,64018.516%1
CD437,469437,469100.000%45,230  
CD552,892542,89681.101%49,99618.899%1
CD620,683417,24283.363%33,44116.637%1
CD762,206762,206100.000%77,069  
CD815,460412,77382.620%32,68717.380%1
CD959,225647,74480.615%511,48119.385%1
CD1023,577419,66583.408%33,91216.592%1
CD1127,600527,600100.000%54,651  
CD1241,601634,88483.854%56,71716.146%1
CD1323,168419,28083.218%33,88816.782%1
CD1414,697414,697100.000%42,437  
CD1529,166424,51284.043%34,65415.957%1
CD1615,812415,812100.000%42,540  
CD1730,329525,53184.180%44,79815.820%1
CD1820,759520,759100.000%53,169  
CD1946,868738,37181.870%68,49718.130%1
CD2036,988630,22581.716%56,76318.284%1
PLEO682,91621682,916100.000%21115,317  
At-Large682,91635682,916100.000%35115,317  
Delegates 161  149  12

The above information is based on results obtained from the Secretary of State on April 13, 2000.


Tuesday 21 March 2000: 161 of 190 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are allocated to presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in today's Illinois Presidential Primary.

  • "105 district delegates are to be allocated proportionally to presidential contenders based on the primary results in each of the State's 20 congressional districts. In addition, 35 at-large National Convention delegates plus 21 Pledged PLEOs are to be allocated to presidential contenders based on the primary vote statewide. A mandatory 15 percent threshold is required in order for a presidential contender to be allocated National Convention delegates at either the congressional district or statewide level."

The remaining 29 National Convention delegates consist of 26 Unpledged PLEOs and 3 Unpledged "add-on"s; these 29 delegates will go to the Democratic National Convention officially "Unpledged".

"The breakdown of Unpledged Party Leader and Elected Official delegates to the Democratic National Convention below is somewhat different from that provided by the Democratic Party: the reason for this is that the one or more of its Members of Congress are also members of the Democratic National Committee and are considered to be DNC members (i.e. "Party Leaders") rather than Democratic office holders (i.e. "Elected Officials") by the Party. However, it is the opinion of "The Green Papers" that the average voter/citizen or other interested party who accesses this website would more readily identify Party Leaders who are also Elected Officials by their political office rather than their status as members of the DNC and we, therefore, count them as Elected Officials rather than as Party Leaders in the following breakdown:"

  • 14 Democratic National Committee members
  • 11 Members of Congress (1 Senator, 10 Representatives)
  • 1 Distinguished Party Leader
  • 3 add-ons

Illinois has 102 counties and 20 congressional districts: 88 counties are wholly within a given congressional district and 14 counties are divided among more than one congressional district.

CDs # 1, # 2, # 3, # 4, # 5, # 7 and # 9 are wholly within Cook County

UNDIVIDED COUNTIES (wholly within one Congressional District):

  • CD # 11: Grundy
  • CD # 12: Alexander, Jackson, Monroe, Perry, Randolph, St.Clair and Union
  • CD # 14: DeKalb, Kane, Kendall and Lee
  • CD # 15: Champaign, DeWitt, Douglas, Edgar, Ford, Iroquois, Livingston, Piatt and Vermilion
  • CD # 16: Boone, Jo Daviess, McHenry, Stephenson and Winnebago
  • CD # 17: Bureau, Carroll, Fulton, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Knox, McDonough, Mercer, Rock Island, Warren and Whiteside
  • CD # 18: Cass, Logan, Marshall, Mason, Menard, Morgan, Peoria, Putnam, Stark, Tazewell and Woodford
  • CD # 19: Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Edwards, Effingham, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jasper, Johnson, Lawrence, Massac, Moultrie, Pope, Pulaski, Richland, Saline, Shelby, Wabash, Wayne and White
  • CD # 20: Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette, Greene, Jefferson, Jersey, Macoupin, Marion, Montgomery, Pike, Schuyler, Scott and Washington

DIVIDED COUNTIES (split between more than one Congressional District):

  • Adams: CDs 17 and 20
  • Christian: CDs 19 and 20
  • Cook: CDs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 13
  • DuPage: CDs 6, 13 and 14
  • Kankakee: CDs 11 and 15
  • Lake: CDs 8 and 10
  • LaSalle: CDs 11 and 14
  • Macon: CDs 18 and 19
  • Madison: CDs 12 and 20
  • McLean: CDs 15 and 18
  • Ogle: CDs 16 and 17
  • Sangamon: CDs 18 and 20
  • Will: CDs 11 and 13
  • Williamson: CDs 12 and 19

In Illinois, the Minor Civil Divisions/County Subdivisions are the Townships (in 85 counties) or Precincts (in 17 counties): the difference between the two is that the Township has local governmental functions while the Precinct does not. There are also three types of Municipalities in Illinois: the city, the village and the incorporated town- but these are all (with the exception of the City of Chicago in Cook County) not separated from the Township or Precinct from which they were created. As a result, cities, villages and incorporated towns (except for the City of Chicago) are not Minor Civil Divisions/County Subdivisions of the first order in the State of Illinois and every place in Illinois (with, again, the exception of Chicago) is part of a Township or Precinct. In the list below of the Minor Civil Divisions/County Subdivisions in those counties divided among more than one Congressional District, only the Township or Precinct is listed (once more, except in the case of the City of Chicago in Cook County)

ADAMS COUNTY:

  • CD # 17 includes the Townships of Camp Point, Gilmer, Honey Creek, Houston, Keene, Lima, Mendon, Quincy, Riverside and Ursa
  • CD # 20 includes the Townships of Beverly, Burton, Clayton, Columbus, Concord, Fall Creek, Liberty, McKee, Northeast, Payson and Richfield
  • Melrose Township is split between CDs 17 and 20

CHRISTIAN COUNTY:

  • CD # 19 includes the Townships of Assumption, Locust, May, Mosquito, Pana, Prairieton, Rosamond and Stonington
  • CD # 20 includes the Townships of Bear Creek, Buckhart, Greenwood, Johnson, King, Mount Auburn, Ricks, South Fork and Taylorville

COOK COUNTY:

  • CD # 3 includes the Townships of Berwyn, Lyons and Stickney
  • CD # 5 includes the Township of Norwood Park
  • CD # 7 includes the Township of Oak Park
  • CD # 8 includes the Townships of Barrington, Hanover, Palatine and Schaumburg
  • CD # 9 includes the Township of Niles
  • CD # 10 includes the Townships of New Trier and Northfield
  • CD # 13 includes the Townships of Lemont and Orland

Bloom Township is split between CDs 2 and 11
Bremen Township is split between CDs 2 and 3
Cicero Township is split between CDs 3 and 4
Elk Grove Township is split between CDs 6 and 8
Maine Township is split between CDs 6 and 9
Palos Township is split between CDs 3 and 13
Proviso Township is split between CDs 4, 6 and 7
Rich Township is split between CDs 2 and 11
Riverside Township is split between CDs 3 and 7
Thornton Township is split between CDs 2 and 11
Wheeling Township is split between CDs 8 and 10
Worth Township is split between CDs 1 and 3

the City of Chicago is divided among CDs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 and 9

DU PAGE COUNTY:

  • CD # 6 includes the Townships of Addison and Bloomingdale
  • CD # 13 includes the Townships of Downers Grove, Lisle and Napierville
  • CD # 14 includes the Townships of Wayne and Winfield

Milton Township is split between CDs 6, 13 and 14
York Township is split between CDs 6 and 13

KANKAKEE COUNTY:

  • CD # 11 includes the Townships of Bourbonnais, Essex, Ganeer, Limestone, Manteno, Momence, Pembroke, Rockville, St. Anne, Salina, Sumner and Yellowhead
  • CD # 15 includes Kankakee, Norton, Otto and Pilot

Aroma Township is split between CDs 11 and 15

LAKE COUNTY:

  • CD # 8 includes the Townships of Antioch, Avon, Cuba, Ela, Fremont, Grant, Lake Villa, Newport, Warren and Wauconda
  • CD # 10 includes the Townships of Benton, Deerfield, Libertyville, Shields, Vernon, Waukegan and West Deerfield

LA SALLE COUNTY:

  • CD # 14 includes the Townships of Adams, Earl, Mendota, Meriden and Northville

the remainder of LaSalle County is in CD # 11

MACON COUNTY:

  • CD # 18 includes the Townships of Austin, Illini and Niantic

Hickory Point Township is split between CDs 18 and 19
the remainder of Macon County is in CD # 19

MADISON COUNTY:

  • CD # 12 includes the Townships of Alton, Chouteau, Nameoki, Venice and Wood River

the remainder of Madison County is in CD # 20

McLEAN COUNTY:

  • CD # 18 includes the Townships of Allin, Dale, Danvers, Dry Grove, Funks Grove, Mount Hope and White Oak

Randolph Township is split between CDs 15 and 18
the remainder of McLean County is in CD # 15

OGLE COUNTY:

  • CD # 17 includes the Townships of Brookville, Buffalo, Eagle Point, Forreston, Grand Detour, Lincoln, Pine Creek and Woosung

Mount Morris Township is split between CDs 16 and 17
the remainder of Ogle County is in CD # 16

SANGAMON COUNTY:

  • CD # 20 includes the Townships of Ball, Capital, Cotton Hill, Divernon and Pawnee

Rochester Township, Springfield Township and Woodside Township are all split between CDs 18 and 20
the remainder of Sangamon County is in CD # 18

WILL COUNTY:

  • CD # 13 includes the Townships of DuPage, Homer, Plainfield and Wheatland

Lockport Township and Troy Township are both split between CDs 11 and 13
the remainder of Will County is in CD # 11

WILLIAMSON COUNTY:

  • CD # 12 includes the Precincts of Carterville and Grassy

Blairsville Precinct is split between CDs 12 and 19
the remainder of Williamson County is in CD # 19


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