Iroquois County:  not so bad ...

Election officials are reporting voter turnout Tuesday was down in many area counties. Numbers posted show turnout resulted in some record-low figures.

Woodford County was just one county where an increase in number of voters surfaced from 2020: 6,847 to 6,109.

Iroquois County had a 24% turnout.  Kankakee County was just 17%.  And Vermilion County had a dismal 2.8% turnout at the polls. 

Some counties with contested-races attracted more involvement.

Comparing the differences from past elections:

County. 2020. 2024. 

Peoria. 22.18%. 14.4%.  

Tazewell. 20.79%. 16.5%. 

Woodford. 23.61%. 26.0%.  

McLean. 29.71%. 17.4% (*) 

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