Champaign-Urbana-Danville, IL · how this place’s counties split between candidates in each party’s presidential nominating contest, cycle by cycle. A primary is a contest inside one party, so it has no Democratic–Republican margin and is not part of the general-election record above.
Akashic reports votes cast, not delegates awarded. The two can disagree: Clinton led the 2008 national primary popular vote by less than half a point and did not win the nomination.
Primary returns are published at county grain and there is no roll-up above it. Each cell counts how many of this place’s counties a candidate led — a count of records, not a vote total. Who led the place as a whole is not knowable from these returns, because county rows carry a leader and a lead but no per-candidate votes.
Presidential nominating contests in Champaign-Urbana-Danville, IL, by party and cycle.
○no contest record — Akashic holds no result for that party and cycle here. It is not a claim that no contest was held. Telling apart a contest that was cancelled, one that went uncontested, and one simply not yet ingested needs a nominating-contest calendar, which is a separate ingest from results and does not exist yet.
Republican presidential primaries are not yet ingested — the Republican series runs from 1856 and is in scope. The row is kept so its absence is visible: a Democratic-only panel would otherwise read as though no one else held a contest.
Akashic carries 10 states for 2012 and 3 states for 2024. Cycles in which an incumbent president seeks renomination are thin by nature — few states run a contested primary — so a sparse column is politics, not a hole in the record.
County returns carry a leader and a lead over the runner-up, and nothing more. The full candidate field with vote shares is published at state grain — follow a cycle above to the state contest for it.
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Champaign-Urbana-Danville, IL
Year
Total registered
2016
204,394
2018
177,839
2020
196,275
2022
188,687
2024
199,357
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−2,133 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −38,488 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Champaign-Urbana-Danville, IL in Champaign-Urbana-Danville, IL: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−1,979
2012
−2,536
2013
−1,814
2014
−2,578
2015
−2,427
2016
−2,844
2017
−3,801
2018
−4,212
2019
−3,883
2021
−1,006
2022
−2,439
2023
−3,335
2024
−3,501
2025
−2,133
Champaign-Urbana-Danville, IL sits in the Upper Midwest. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 14.7 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 41.4 points in 1920. The 2024 margin was 3.5 points.
A population of 311,228, a 69% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $63,716 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Ithaca-Cortland, NY and Bloomington-Bedford, IN.
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How did Champaign-Urbana-Danville, IL, Illinois vote in 2024?
In 2024, Champaign-Urbana-Danville, IL, Illinois voted Democratic by 3.5 points (D+3.5), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 135,191 votes cast, 68,415 went Democratic and 63,624 went Republican.
When did Champaign-Urbana-Danville, IL, Illinois last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Champaign-Urbana-Danville, IL, Illinois voted Republican was 2012.
How many people live in Champaign-Urbana-Danville, IL, Illinois?
Champaign-Urbana-Danville, IL, Illinois has a population of 311,228 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Champaign-Urbana-Danville, IL, Illinois?
Median household income in Champaign-Urbana-Danville, IL, Illinois is $63,716 — below the national median of $80,734. The Illinois state median is $83,390.
What is the political history of Champaign-Urbana-Danville, IL, Illinois?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Champaign-Urbana-Danville, IL, Illinois from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 9 went Democratic and 24 went Republican.
