I think eventually the population of Illinois outside of Cook county and the collar counties will eventually overtake that of Cook and the collar counties. Once this happens, I think we'll start seeing Illinois trend Republican. By the way, I don't think this happening anytime soon but I do think it will eventually occur.
Before I go into anything else.. I would like to ask:
Um... why would anyone want to move to downstate Illinois? lmao
I don't know. If North Dakota can be the fastest growing state, anything is possible.