Illinois 31st State House District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 (partial returns from 1876) · 38 presidential cycles · 38 with a vote-share denominator · 34 with a national benchmark
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
81.0%
37,734 votes · D+62.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Hillary Clinton, 2016 · 79.5%
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
67.4%
11,262 votes · R+39.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Calvin Coolidge, 1924 · 60.6%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
37,734votes
81.0% of the vote · D+62.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Hillary Clinton, 2016 · 37,289 votes
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
23,272votes
50.7% of the vote · R+1.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 22,189 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
Hillary Clinton2016
+60.1pts D vs U.S.
Place D+62.2 · U.S. D+2.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · +55.0 pts
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
+13.7pts R vs U.S.
Place R+39.9 · U.S. R+26.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Calvin Coolidge, 1924 · +9.3 pts
current representation
Current officeholders
DMike CrawfordState House · 31
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
U.S. House elections · 1 House
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U.S. House
Each row is a county-allocated estimate of U.S. House votes for this district — county returns apportioned onto its boundary, not precinct-counted. “Vote lead” is the estimated local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
Source · Akashic county-allocated estimate from certified county returns, House; not precinct-counted.
Year
Vote lead
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
D
73.1%30,471
26.9%11,194
41,665
With a 2024 presidential margin of D+41.5, this district ranks among the state's most reliably left-leaning constituencies, suggesting a dense urban core and a voter base that has shifted sharply in one partisan direction over recent cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 62.3 points in 2008 and a Republican high of 39.9 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 14.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 41.6 points.
A population of 108,638, a 32% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $60,483 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 28 and State House District 27.
Akashic
Political twins — state-house districts
The state-house districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
How did Illinois 31st State House District vote in 2024?
In 2024, Illinois 31st State House District voted Democratic by 41.6 points (D+41.6), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 38,990 votes cast, 27,096 went Democratic and 10,858 went Republican.
When did Illinois 31st State House District last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Illinois 31st State House District voted Republican was 1956.
How many people live in Illinois 31st State House District?
Illinois 31st State House District has a population of 108,638 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Illinois 31st State House District?
Median household income in Illinois 31st State House District is $60,483 — below the national median of $80,734. The Illinois state median is $83,390.
What is the political history of Illinois 31st State House District?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Illinois 31st State House District from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 32 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.