How Lake County's cities and towns voted in the 2024 presidential election
Contributed By: The 411 News
Big 3 Democratic Party strongholds cast 10,000 fewer votes for Harris than Biden in 2020
Like the rest of the nation, Lake County also saw a decline in Democratic Party turnout in November’s General Election.
Many of the Democrats who contributed to Joe Biden’s historic 81.2 million votes in 2020 over Donald Trump’s 74.2 million stayed at home on Election Day. The final vote tally in the 2024 presidential race had Donald Trump with 77.2 million votes over Kamala Harris with 74.9 million votes.
The drop in voter turnout in Democratic Party strongholds that showed up in northern Lake County’s urban areas was repeated across states. According to news reports, New York City cast 573,000 fewer votes for Harris than for Biden, Cook County, Illinois 295,000 fewer, Miami-Dade County in Florida 137,000, and Harris County in Texas 115,000.
Lake County’s largest populated cities are also its biggest Democratic vote centers. Gary, Hammond, and Merrillville cast nearly 10,000 fewer votes for Kamala Harris than for Biden.
Although they didn’t show up as big gains for Trump in 2024. Trump only gained 911 more votes out of those vote centers.
In the 2020 presidential race, Lake County cast 124,870 votes for Biden and 91,758 for Trump.
For the 2024 presidential race, Lake County cast 109,086 votes for Harris and 97,270 for Trump.
Almost 16,000 fewer votes were cast for Harris in Lake County than for Biden in 2020.
Outside of Lake County’s big 3 vote centers, nearly 6000 fewer votes were cast for Harris than for Biden. And they showed up as gains for Trump in 2024.
In East Chicago, the county’s 7th largest city, Harris received 1,615 fewer votes than Biden in 2020.
Harris exceeded Biden’s 2020 votes in two Lake County towns, Cedar Lake and St. John.
Voting results from the Lake County Board of Elections
Story Posted:12/08/2024
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