Worst County in the Country? Explain why?

[Mr. Illini]

I'll stick to Illinois I suppose.

Alexander County is certainly most depressing. Cairo's history goes back to when it was a booming port town at the intersection of the MS and OH Rivers. It was torn apart racially and got incredibly violent. Highway projects were also completed nearby the town which allowed people to bypass the town, killing its tourism industry. Between all of these unfortunate events, the county has seen massive abandoning and is struggling economically as well as struggling to avoid complete abandonment and preserve the town's history.

In terms of modern politics, Effingham County has to be the worst in the state. This county's extremist far-rightedness has made it stand out, even in already-conservative southeast Illinois. It is considered by some to be the beginning of the Bible Belt. It, like several southern Illinois towns, was a "Sundown Town" for many years. Because of this, it has been almost exclusively white throughout its history and remains 99% (not a joke or hyperbole) white today.  This county belongs somewhere in the south, because, as already said, it doesn't even fit in with the already-conservative southern portion of our state.