Editing Tazewell County, Illinois (section)

==Politics==
Tazewell County has been solidly Republican on the national level, voting for the Republican candidate for U.S. president since 1996 and in all but two elections since 1952.

For the purposes of Illinois law, as of the 2022 general primary election, the three established political parties in the county are the Democratic Party, the Republican Party, and the [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian Party]] as all have received 5% or greater of the vote in a recent election. A relative rarity, Tazewell is one of only five counties where the Libertarian Party was an established political party in 2022.<ref name="2022 Primary"/> The Libertarian Party's established political party status allows it to have the same reduced barriers to ballot access as the Democratic and Republican parties and to hold primary elections.<ref name="24 Candidate Guide">{{cite book|editor-last=Matthews|editor-first=Bernadette M. (Executive Director)|title=2024 Candidate's Guide|date=October 6, 2023|access-date=January 4, 2024|publisher=[[Illinois State Board of Elections]]|location=[[Springfield, Illinois]]|url=https://archive.org/details/2024-ilsbe-candidate-guide|page=15}}</ref> In the 2022 primary, 20 voters requested a Libertarian primary ballot.<ref name="2022 Primary">{{cite book|editor-last=Matthews|editor-first=Bernadette M. (Executive Director)|title=Official Canvass of the Primary Election of June 28, 2022|date=July 29, 2022|access-date=January 4, 2024|publisher=[[Illinois State Board of Elections]]|location=[[Springfield, Illinois]]|url=https://archive.org/details/2022gpofficialvote-638058746174521169|page=vii}}</ref>

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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|42,451|24,325|1,666|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|42,513|24,819|1,944|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|38,707|20,685|5,359|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|35,335|24,438|1,509|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|33,247|29,384|1,429|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|36,058|25,814|466|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|31,537|25,379|1,432|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|24,395|24,139|5,144|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|23,469|26,428|10,097|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|28,861|24,603|263|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|33,782|23,095|238|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|35,481|16,924|4,057|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|28,951|22,821|731|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|31,937|15,576|100|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|22,971|20,712|4,739|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|17,170|28,561|0|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|23,967|20,521|38|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|23,690|16,230|50|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|20,763|16,862|28|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|12,504|14,131|143|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|12,531|14,412|96|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|12,419|17,624|116|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|7,946|16,487|341|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|7,260|13,591|204|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|9,409|6,910|267|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|7,488|3,375|3,507|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|7,679|3,640|931|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|6,672|6,743|613|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|2,500|3,654|1,563|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1908|Democratic|3,767|3,786|370|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|4,051|3,255|423|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1900|Democratic|3,957|4,048|230|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1896|Democratic|3,703|3,743|155|Illinois}}
{{PresFoot|1892|Democratic|3,030|3,652|262|Illinois}}