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 ILLINOIS

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Capital: Springfield

1970 Population: 11,113,976 National Rent: 5

1970 Per Capitn Incooe: $4.516

Congressional DistriCts: 24 Counties: 102

Voting Precincts: 10,888

1972 Convention Delegates: 170

National Bank: 8 1972 Electoral VOtBS: 26 5g! OFFICE "010525 Your First Elected to % Name Part: Elected Present Tern Vote 0.8. Senator Charles H. Percy R 1966 1972 62.2% 11.5. Senator M131 E. Stevenson 111 D 1970 1970 57.4 Governor Daniel Wallace I) 1972 1972 50.7 Lt. Governor Neil Hanigu I) 1972 1972 51.? Secretary of State Michael Hewlett I) 1972 1972 51.7 ' Attorney General William J. Scott It 1968 1972 64.0 LEGISLATIVE 0190817101! 222223221, 8522211255: Congressman Delegation (1 vacancy) 9 14 State Senate 29 30 State House 88 89 POPULATION 1970 Population: 11.113.976 Ethnic and Racial: Urban: 33"“ White: 86.4% Comm 2.“ Rural: 17-0a Black: 12.8% Polish 2.7t Age: 13-20: 587.000 (17 4,) Other: .3t Italian 2.1: 21-24: 725.000 ‘ Median Age: 7 28.6 years 25-44: 2.7“.000 (36.3) Median Voting Age: 43.3 45-54: 2.366.000 (51.41) Hhite Collar: 49.1: 65*: 1.122.000 (14.9‘) Blue Collar: 36.6 VOTER REGISTRATlON _ Democrats L MEIR“: ' t Othch % Total (no party registration) 6,215,331

PRESlDENTIAL VOTES 1972

Hilton 59. 5‘ McGovern 110.7%} 1968 Nixon 2,174,774 (47%) Huzphrey 2. 039. 814 (47's) Hallace 390. 958 (9U 1964 Johnson 2,796,333 (60%) Goldwater l, .‘JDS , 946 (40‘) 1960 Ienncdy 2 , 377 , 846) (50%) Exxon 2, 368. 988 (50‘)