The Illinois State Board of Elections met to certify the vote totals on Sunday night. There was only one statewide race this cycle so I updated the maps and the various vote analysis spreadsheets and they are now available. As always, general election maps can be found in the MAPS section and vote analysis spreadsheets can be found in the VOTE ANALYSIS section. If you're ever looking for more data than what is displayed just send me an email and if I have it I'll send it to you regardless of who you are or who you work for.
MAPS
Here are direct links to the 2012 Presidential race maps:
For now the maps only display the color-coded performance of the Democratic candidate. For an explanation to that and answers to other map related questions see the maps FAQ.
VOTE ANALYSIS
Here are direct links to the spreadsheets that include the 2012 Presidential race and allow you to compare performance, turnout and vote share by county, ward, township, media market and region (both traditional & expanded collars) to historical data:
BY COUNTY
BY CHICAGO WARD
- Democratic Performance by Chicago Ward
- Republican Performance by Chicago Ward
- Turnout by Chicago Ward
BY COOK COUNTY TOWNSHIP
- Democratic Performance by Cook County Township
- Republican Performance by Cook County Township
- Turnout by Cook County Township
BY MEDIA MARKET
- Democratic Performance by Media Market
- Republican Performance by Media Market
- Vote Share by Media Market
- Turnout by Media Market
BY REGION (TRADITIONAL COLLARS)
- Democratic Performance by Region (Traditional Collars)
- Republican Performance by Region (Traditional Collars)
- Vote Share by Region (Traditional Collars)
- Turnout by Region (Traditional Collars)
BY REGION (EXPANDED COLLARS
- Democratic Performance by Region (Expanded Collars)
- Republican Performance by Region (Expanded Collars)
- Vote Share by Region (Expanded Collars)
- Turnout by Region (Expanded Collars)
For an explanation on the difference between traditional and expanded collars or any other questions see the Vote Share FAQ.
The data update schedule I laid out previously looks to be on schedule. I've started assembling the data to update the 6 targeted congressional races already and all I'm waiting on is for a few local county/municipal clerks to update their websites with the official precinct-level results. Whenever they do it's only about two days worth of work to get the updated congressional data up. Also I've already started assembling the financial records for past statewide candidates to get the campaign budget data for constitutional candidates, I'm guessing sometime around January for that. Plus, I've finally figured out how (conceptually) to update the MAPS section so that you can see a color coded map for more than just one candidate. It's going to take a lot of backend coding (and trial and error) so I have no idea when that will actually be available but at least I'm pretty sure it's a possibility now. Enjoy.
