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* Chicago voter turnout as of 3 pm…
296,884 total ballots cast (includes Early Voting and previously processed Vote By Mail)
1,554,337 active registered voters in Chicago
19.10% citywide turnout so far
Ballots Cast By Age Group:
18 -24: 11,990 ballots cast
25-34: 42,369 ballots cast
35-44: 43,198 ballots cast
45-54: 37,393 ballots cast
55-64: 50,720 ballots cast
65-74: 62,148 ballots cast
75+: 48,129 ballots cast
Ballots Cast By Gender:
Female: 166,198 ballots cast
Male: 129,898 ballots cast
Non-Binary/X: 397 ballots cast
Undeclared: 391 ballots cast
Ballots Cast Per Hour:
(as reported by e-pollbooks at this moment, will be continually updated through the day)
6:00am-7:00am: 5,120 ballots cast
7:00am-8:00am: 7,889 ballots cast
8:00am – 9:00am: 9,473 ballots cast
9:00am – 10:00am: 9,814 ballots cast
10:00am – 11:00am: 11,408 ballots cast
11:00am – 12:00pm: 13,328 ballots cast
12:00pm – 1:00pm: 13,547 ballots cast
1:00pm – 2:00pm: 13,837 ballots cast
* DuPage County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek…
As of 2:00 p.m. on Mar. 17, 2026, 115,069 voters out of 636,822 registered voters have voted in DuPage County for a turnout of 18.07% percent. 41,212 voters took advantage of in-person Early Voting. 35,966 out of 73,822 requested Vote-By-Mail ballots have been received and verified as of this afternoon. 37,891 voters have voted in-person on Election Day as of 2:00 p.m.
In 2014, the final midterm primary turnout was 19.19%.
In 2018, the final midterm primary turnout was 24.88%
In 2022, the final midterm primary turnout was 22.79%.
“Election Day voting by hour has been trending higher all day than comparable past elections. With five hours left to vote and more Vote-by-Mail ballots to be delivered, DuPage County is on pace for its highest midterm turnout in recent memory. I encourage DuPage County voters to take advantage of the opportunity to vote at any polling place throughout the county before 7:00 p.m. this evening,” said County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek.
* More…
* WJBD | Today Is Election Day….So Far No Issues Have Been Reported in Marion County: “I think with a primary election coming up like this, just the parties voting, it’s already a lower turnout than what we see for the general elections. I think we’re going to be right in line with what we saw in the 2022 primary, which would be the similar races locally. I think we’re going to be around 25% total voter turnout for that election.”
* Shaw Local | Lots of election judges, but few voters for Illinois Valley primaries: Polling places in the Illinois Valley were full on Tuesday morning – with election judges, that is. Voters, on the other hand, were pretty scarce. Primary voting kicked off before daybreak and a theme quickly emerged in La Salle County polling places. Efforts to recruit more election judges have been successful, spurred by a pay raise.
- G'Kar - Tuesday, Mar 17, 26 @ 4:30 pm:
Mrs G’Kar and I voted around 3 in our small central Illinois community. We were 174 and 175. The election judges said it was busy for a while in the morning, but it had been pretty dead ever since.
- Matthew Eadie - Tuesday, Mar 17, 26 @ 4:52 pm:
Polling places in Evanston, Wilmette, Skokie were quiet much of the afternoon, going to go back out for the next two hours and see if anything changes as work gets out. Mostly older folks but no lines at any of the places I stopped by
- Rich Miller - Tuesday, Mar 17, 26 @ 4:57 pm:
Thanks, Matthew. Good job this season, BTW.
- Stephenson County - Tuesday, Mar 17, 26 @ 4:59 pm:
Voted at 4 PM. 10 people voting. Judges said average turnout for primary, West Point Township, Stephenson County.
- Oklahoma - Tuesday, Mar 17, 26 @ 5:05 pm:
I feel like Matthew is proving that local journalism matters…
- Moe Berg - Tuesday, Mar 17, 26 @ 5:09 pm:
State Board of Elections website is currently offline.
- Big Dipper - Tuesday, Mar 17, 26 @ 5:29 pm:
Crazy with the low turnout that some want to make it harder to vote.
- Ann Dwyer - Tuesday, Mar 17, 26 @ 5:40 pm:
Matthew Eadie has done some of the best coverage I’ve seen of any primary race — but particularly the rough-and-tumble 9th District contest. Good going, Matthew!
- Angry Chicagoan - Tuesday, Mar 17, 26 @ 5:47 pm:
We so need instant runoff voting in Illinois primaries and probably general election votes as well. It’s certainly not OK for 25 or 30 percent winners in these large primary fields to decide elections. My polling place in Chicago was shut so I had to go to an early voting center which was busy but not swamped.
- Banish Misfortune - Tuesday, Mar 17, 26 @ 6:13 pm:
Angry Chicagoan.
Ranked choice would be great. And would result in someone elected who actually has the support of their constituency.
- train111 - Tuesday, Mar 17, 26 @ 6:14 pm:
Northwest side of DeKalb
2 precincts. 5:45pm. 3 other voters seen beside myself. Seems like there isn’t much of an after work rush.
- 47th Ward - Tuesday, Mar 17, 26 @ 6:24 pm:
I voted in the 40th legislative district (for Andrade) after work about 5pm. No line, one passer out front in the cold (for Andrade too). Quiet, but 5 out of 8 voting stations were occupied. Double precinct. Judges said it was slow but steady most of the day.
Looking at the turnout by age numbers above, once again young voters couldn’t be bothered to cast a ballot.
- Proud Papa Bear - Tuesday, Mar 17, 26 @ 6:30 pm:
“ Looking at the turnout by age numbers above, once again young voters couldn’t be bothered to cast a ballot”
And yet again, my fellow Xers make an embarrassing showing.
- Just Me 2 - Tuesday, Mar 17, 26 @ 6:33 pm:
Drove past multiple sites in northern Chicago today and the only activity I saw were some very cold campaign volunteers searching for hands to thrust their campaign material into.
- ALIGNI - Tuesday, Mar 17, 26 @ 7:08 pm:
The polls are closed! Just over 350 voter in my precinct of the 46th ward. We have a very competitive state rep and congressional race, so it’s going to be fun seeing the results come in.
- low level - Tuesday, Mar 17, 26 @ 7:23 pm:
19% turnout … wow, all that fraud /s.
- Yooper in Diaspora - Tuesday, Mar 17, 26 @ 9:40 pm:
Today in Macomb an election judge was removed because she told those requesting Democratic primary ballots, “You ought to be shot.” https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1DbcGY3kfr/