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Macoupin County, Illinois

2026 election results. Darren Bailey (R) got 67% of the vote for governor in Macoupin County. The margin is 1.6 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Macoupin County

U.S. Senate

Don Tracy
64.8%11,239
Juliana Stratton
33.5%5,803
Whitfield Harrington
1.7%291
97% counted

Statewide: Juliana Stratton wins. Called.

Governor

Darren Bailey
67.0%11,701
JB Pritzker
29.9%5,216
Collin Corbett
3.2%553
97% counted

Statewide: JB Pritzker wins. Called.

The leader in Macoupin County is only who has the most votes counted here. Races are won statewide or district-wide, and only the race pages report calls. Last vote update here Nov 3, 8:22 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
IL SenateR +31.9R +40.0D +8.1
IL GovernorR +38.3R +40.0D +1.6
IL-13R +25.6——

Margins compare the Democrat and the Republican only. The 2024 column is the presidential margin in the same places as each race's votes here. Shift is this year's margin minus it, shown once at least 90% of the expected vote is counted. A dash means there's no 2024 figure for those exact places.

How Macoupin County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris29.6%Donald Trump69.0%R +39.423,289
2020Joe Biden30.7%Donald Trump67.2%R +36.624,023
2016Hillary Clinton29.9%Donald Trump64.1%R +34.122,360
2012Barack Obama45.0%Mitt Romney52.1%R +7.121,010
2008Barack Obama54.0%John McCain44.2%D +9.822,373
2004John Kerry49.1%George W. Bush50.1%R +1.022,785
2000Al Gore51.5%George W. Bush45.6%D +5.921,389

Shares are of all presidential votes, and the margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's. Since 2000, the presidential margin here has moved R +45.3.

Other counties in Illinois

Illinois results

Sources & scope

Votes for 2026 come from the count this site reads, by county. They're unofficial until Illinois certifies them. Past presidential votes are from MEDSL and VEST, via Polling Forecast. Illinois's own results, deadlines and offices are on the state page.