Election Results: Biden Wins Illinois, AP Reports

ACROSS ILLINOIS — Joe Biden is projected to win Illinois, according to the Associated Press and New York Times. Shortly after polls closed on Tuesday, the announcement was made that Biden had taken the win here.

Here is a look at unofficial results so far.

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The win in Illinois should come as no surprise.

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Leading up to the election, Joe Biden led the polls in the state, which has leaned left since electing Bill Clinton in 1992. And last election, Hillary Clinton won Illinois with 55.8 percent of the vote total compared to Trump's 37 percent.

Some are predicting this election could go down as the largest landslide win for a Democratic presidential candidate in modern history. To date, Barack Obama along with running mate Biden secured the biggest win for the Dems in Illinois when they won with a 25.1 percent margin of victory over John McCain during the 2008 presidential election.

With vote tallies still coming in, it's too early to tell how much Biden has won by in Illinois.

On Monday, Research Co. showed Biden with a 19-point advantage over Trump in Illinois, 59 to 40 percent, among decided voters. Decided voters between 18 and 34 years old preferred Biden by a 2-to-1 margin, 66 to 32 percent.

It's clear there is a lot at play this election. The coronavirus pandemic and a nation inflamed over police shootings and racial injustice have been among the hotly debated topics with this year's candidates. And some of Illinois loudest voices during the pandemic, in a state that has voted for Democrats the past seven elections, have been clear on how they feel about Trump.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot have publicly slammed Trump several times over the past year for dropping the ball and even for being a bad role model.

Last month, Pritzker told CNN's Jake Tapper that Trump's crowded, maskless rallies — being held just weeks after a "superspreader event" in the Rose Garden —"made it nearly impossible" for any state to fully reopen.

"This pandemic has been around now for seven to eight months, and without much help from the federal government we've been fighting it off," Pritzker said.

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Trump and Pritzker have also battled on Twitter.

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