JGibson
Junior Chimp
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Political Matrix
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« on: December 03, 2022, 02:45:28 AM » |
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East St. Louis and Cairo in Illinois have seen continual drops of their mostly-Black populations in that it has hurt the Democrats in those areas.
In the ESTL case, a state representative seat (IL-HD114) representing most of the city that has been in Democratic hands for eternity flipped Republican, along with more rural/small town places such as Freeburg, Millstadt, Smithton, and Mascoutah trending Red.
In the Cairo case, the Cairo exodus, closure of Tamms prison, and realignment to the GOP among a sizable part of remaining ConservaDem White voters (GOP federally and/or statewide, Democratic locally) combined helped to flip the once-Blue Alexander County red.
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