ProgressiveModerate
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« on: March 11, 2022, 12:07:55 AM » |
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One interesting thing about DuPage is that Kirk actually lost it by more than Romney despite doing better in Lake (this sorta makes sense because it's where he's from but still).
2020 saw a massive turnout influx in the County which is why it could've not swung as far left as it did between 2012 and 2016. These new voters were likely less educated than the electorate overall.
Outside of Lake County and the Northern Suburb, DuPage probably is the 2nd most favored quarters economically in the Chicago metro.
Def seems like a case of white suburban voters becoming more educated and those educated voters themselves becoming more favorable to Dems, simillar to say Montgomery County PA. Important to remember too that Chicago is the arguably the 3rd largest metro in the US; an educated suburban County immediately outside the "minority ring" around the city is going to be pretty D
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