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1978 Gubernatorial General Election Results - Illinois
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Data for this Contest was Contributed by on 2011-02-03
Gubernatorial
Candidate
Political
Party
Popular Vote
James R. Thompson
Republican
1,859,684
59.04%
Michael J. Bakalis
Democratic
1,263,134
40.10%
Georgia Shields
Libertarian
11,420
0.36%
Cecil Lampkin
Socialist Workers
11,026
0.35%
Other (
+
)
-
4,843
0.15%
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> 40%
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> 70%
Turnout
Maps
Pop. (m)
Demographic Data
1980 Population:
11,427,409
Enum.
1980 Population Density:
79.4
persons/km
2
1978 Population:
0
Est.
1978 Population Density:
0.0
persons/km
2
1970 Population:
11,110,285
Enum.
1970 Population Density:
77.2
persons/km
2
Land Area (2000):
143,961
km
2
Annual Pop Growth Rate:
0.3
%
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Data Sources:
Source for Popular Vote data: Illinois State Board of Elections, Comp, "Vote Cast for Illinois Governor,"
State of Illinois Official Vote Cast at the General Election of November 7, 1978
(Springfield: Graphic Arts International, 1979)
Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau.
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