The city broke early-voting records this year. Explore our maps, including votes for President, Illinois’ tax amendment, State’s Attorney and judges.

By Pat Sier and Bettina Chang

In a heated election year amid an escalating pandemic, Chicagoans broke early voting records—with over 1 million residents who voted early, either by mail or in person, almost tripling the number in November 2016. Election officials said Wednesday they expect overall turnout to be in the mid-70s (it was around 71% in 2016), with a surge in voters age 25 to 34.

Chicagoans in 49 of 50 wards favored former Vice President Joe Biden over incumbent President Donald Trump, and Illinois was an early state Tuesday night to add to Biden’s Electoral College count. People in the city also overwhelmingly favored the Illinois tax amendment, though the amendment failed to get enough support statewide, which means Illinois remains one of few states with a flat income tax structure.

Below, see a breakdown by precinct of every item on the ballot in the city. We’ve also made this data and the code for these maps publicly available via our Observable notebook.

Interactive map with results for every race

Use the drop-down menu to switch between races.

Read election coverage from City Bureau’s fellowship team.

Updated: An earlier version of this article misstated the voter turnout percentage in Chicago. The official totals are not yet available as of Wednesday afternoon.


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