IL-Norminton Petts: Generic Dem 49 - Rauner 37

[PragmaticPopulist]

https://www.scribd.com/document/354841585/DGA-Interested-Parties-Poll-Memo-7-26-17

Same poll also gives Rauner a horrid 36-63 approval rating. While Rauner looks in trouble, its too early to say if this is gonna be a Blanching. I think Rauner may have a chance if he makes the race about Madigan's corruption or Prizker's deal with Blagojevich.

[PragmaticPopulist]

Likely D, unless Pritzker gets the nomination (Tilt R) or Kennedy gets the nomination (Lean D).

Likely D is a too Dem-friendly rating for right now. Rauner isn't DOA, and I doubt he has a 63% disapproval rating. But yes, I do think Kennedy is the better D candidate. Tossup for now, buit showing signs of Leaning D.

[PragmaticPopulist]

Rauner has money and Madigan will be blamed by the crisis.

When the dem is not so generic, the only place that's going to vote for him is Crime, I mean, Cook County.

Ah, yes, every single one of Cook County's some-5 million-odd residents is a criminal.

Ah, yes, Cook and the city who anchors it aren't crime-ridden areas.

Cook County is Crime County, regardless of who lives there and the only place in Illinois that votes for democrats at state level, that will be true in Michigan in a few years, with the democrat only winning Wayne and their living experiment of liberal failure: Detroit.

440,213 people in Cook County voted for Donald Trump.  512,164 people in Cook County voted for Mark Kirk.  To generalize a county of 5 million people is just wrong, regardless of your politics.

maga2020 is just another Trump troll echoing Trump's rhetoric about Chicago. He wants us to respond somewhere along the lines of "It's wrong to characterize cities like Chicago and Detroit as crime-ridden liberal failures." So let's just ignore him.

Anyway, back on topic. I wouldn't be surprised if Rauner pulls off a win if he makes the race all about Madigan and JB Pritzker is the nominee. When will IL Democrats learn to stop relying so much on Chicagoland, and instead make inroads in more recently-lost territory like the counties in IL-17?