Who Did Lake County Voters Pick for President?

Voters in Lake County selected Hillary Clinton as their choice for president on Tuesday.

With unofficial results in, more than 57 percent of the county’s voters, which amounted to 168,186 people, selected Democratic presidential candidate Clinton when they headed out to the polls on Tuesday while only 37 percent — or 108,608 people — voted for president-elect Donald Trump. The rest of the voters, just more than 4 percent, picked Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson, and 1.27 percent selected Green Party candidate Jill Stein, according to unofficial results posted on the Lake County Clerk’s Office website.

Lake County joined the majority of suburban collar counties in picking Clinton, who grew up in Park Ridge, for president. McHenry County was the only county that favored Trump.

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In addition, an overwhelming number of voters across the state of Illinois picked Clinton on Tuesday — with 55 percent of total voters in Illinois selecting Clinton over the 39 percent who picked Trump. The win in Illinois gave her 20 electoral votes, but not enough as Trump would go on to win the electoral vote across the nation. He was declared president-elect early Wednesday.

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McHenry County

1. Donald Trump: 71,117 votes, which was nearly 50 percent of the total vote
2. Hillary Clinton: 59,827 votes, which was 42.04 percent of the vote

Suburban Cook County

1. Hillary Clinton: 679,297 votes, which was 65.38 percent of the vote
2. Donald Trump: 312,177 votes, which was 30.05 percent of the vote

Kane County

1. Hillary Clinton: 80,981 votes, which was 47.49 percent of the vote
2. Donald Trump: 74,926 votes, which was 43.57 percent of the vote

DuPage County

1. Hillary Clinton: 222,499, which was 52.77 percent of the vote
2. Donald Trump: 164,355, which was 39.98 percent of the vote

Will County

1. Hillary Clinton: 146,230 votes, which was 49.62 percent of the total vote
2. Donald Trump: 129,726, which was 44.02 percent of the total vote

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