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Junior Chimp
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« on: March 07, 2022, 12:18:56 PM » |
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In addition to what others have said, a significant portion of DuPage County's population works in science and technology-related fields - due to its proximity to research facilities like Fermilab and Argonne as well as corporations in the Illinois Technology Corridor along I-88. These industries have trended into the Democratic column in recent years. You can see local Democratic politicians like Bill Foster and Sean Casten leaning heavily into their science backgrounds to their electoral benefit.
Of course, secular whites in knowledge economy areas going into the Democratic column is hardly an unusual development over the past few decades, so DuPage is just following nationwide trends.
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