2022 Illinois General Election Story (Senate)

A head to head comparison of the Illinois 2022 General Election gives us an idea of the break down of the voters.

Tammy Duckworth received 2.2M (56.7 %) votes, beating Kathy Salvi who gained 1.7M (43.3 %) by 518k votes in Illinois.

Tammy Duckworth won 15 counties out of the 104 counties that make up Illinois. The record shows that Kathy Salvi won 89 counties.

2022 IL Primary Election vs Senate General Elections Counties Won

2022 IL Senate Primary vs Senate General Elections w.r.t % Votes and Total Votes Won

On a head to head count with the total votes between in Tammy Duckworth and Kathy Salvi between the Senate Primary and General Elections the vote difference is 518,034 (518k) . These values are represented by a vote increment of 1,530,959 (2M) for Tammy Duckworth and 1,451,251 (1M) for Kathy Salvi at the Senate General Elections.

During the 2022; General elections, a lot of total number of votes were cast. Aside the Electoral Votes, Popular Votes came to the fore as well. Further details regarding overall total votes cast, percentage contributed by the various states, and the winner of Popular votes will be updated soon.

Top 15 Counties in Senate Primary Elections vs Senate General Elections

Primary Elections vs General Elections

These 15 counties play an important role in these primary elections. If a candidate, can get a sizable majority in the larger counties (Cook, Chicago, Cook Suburbs), it becomes very difficult to win majorities in the smaller counties with out voter out reach and increased voter participation in them.

Top 15 Counties Comparison in Primary Elections vs General Elections

Cook, Chicago and Cook Suburbs, three of the larger counties in Illinois voted in favor of Tammy Duckworth giving him a 1M vote advantage out of those counties. Kathy Salvi steady win in many of the smaller counties wasn't enough for him to catch up, making Tammy Duckworth gain an upper hand in the State of Illinois.