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Presidential Candidate | Vice Presidential Candidate | Political Party | Popular Vote | Electoral Vote |
| Gerald Ford | Robert Dole | Republican |
2,364,269 |
50.10% | 26 |
| James Carter | Walter Mondale | Democrat |
2,271,295 |
48.13% | 0 |
| Eugene McCarthy | John Clay | Independent |
55,939 |
1.19% | 0 |
| Other (+) | - | - |
27,330 |
0.58% | 0 |
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| Demographic Data
1980 Population: | 11,427,409 | Enum. | 1980 Population Density: | 79.4 | persons/km2 | 1976 Population: | 11,360,274 | Est. | 1976 Population Density: | 78.9 | persons/km2 | 1970 Population: | 11,110,285 | Enum. | 1970 Population Density: | 77.2 | persons/km2 | Total Electoral Vote: | 26 | | Electoral Vote Density: | 436,934 | persons/EV | Land Area (2000): | 143,961 | km2 | Annual Pop Growth Rate: | 0.3 | % |
| Election Data and Statistics:
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Data Sources:
- Source for Popular Vote data: Illinois State Board of Elections, comp., State of Illinois Official Vote Cast at the General Election November 2, 1976 (Springfield, 1976)
- Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau.
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