Muslim voters in Illinois were more dissatisfied with major presidential candidates Donald Trump and Kamala Harris in this election, with Gaza the defining issue

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : For those in the suburb who did cast ballots, the majority backed Trump.
42% : "In Bridgeview -- a southwest suburban community called "Little Palestine" because so many Muslims and Palestinians live there -- Shalabi reflected a growing trend of Muslim voters who in the 2024 election either didn't cast a vote for president, wrote in a third-party candidate as a protest vote or reversed course as a majority backed Trump after Joe Biden carried the suburb in 2020.
42% : "The unease about who Trump is empowering to enact his agenda is just the latest among a slew of political worries held by Illinois Muslims.
41% : Out of 538 voters who cast ballots in the precinct that includes the mosque, 47% supported Harris, 35% backed Trump and more than 12% voted for Stein, according to vote totals from the DuPage County clerk.
40% : Another Glendale Heights neighborhood that boasts a predominantly Muslim population generated about 48% of votes for Harris, 39% for Trump, and nearly 15% for Stein.
39% : ""There were so many different messages within the community -- a certain side said we're just not going to partake at all and didn't vote, the other side was adamant that we need to go vote for Jill Stein and punish the Democrats, then the third side was like 'I think we're actually going to go and support Trump because business is better and yada yada, plus it'll punish the Democrats,'" he said.
33% : I'm just going to vote for Trump," Shalabi said.
31% : Since winning, however, Trump has proposed adding several individuals to his administration who have spurred a new wave of anxiety and uncertainty about what political choices Muslims have going forward.
26% : More than 8% of voters in precincts in and around Bridgeview didn't vote for any of the three presidential candidates on the ballot -- Trump, Harris or Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who was on the ballot despite dropping his bid and supporting Trump, according to data from the Cook County clerk's office.
19% : In those same Bridgeview-area precincts, which include a tapestry of Muslim and blue-collar individuals and families, Trump defeated Harris 52%-38%, vote totals show.
14% : The dissatisfaction in Dearborn continued Election Day as Trump won Dearborn with 42% of the vote to Harris' 36%, a massive drop-off from the nearly 69% Biden received over Trump in 2020.
13% : What happened with Muslim voters in Illinois didn't affect the overall presidential race as Harris won the state, although by a smaller margin than when Biden or Hillary Clinton defeated Trump in Illinois.
10% : "Siddiqui said in the weeks leading up to the election there were efforts by some in the Muslim community to remind others of the horrors of "Trump's America," but those individuals were sometimes criticized for, by default, backing Harris despite her stance on Gaza only to avoid "another four years of Trump.

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