No R townships in DuPage County, but 4 in Cook County
ProgressiveModerate:
DuPage County has remarkably smooth political geography.
Unelectable Bystander:
3 of these Cook townships are likely more “exurban” than anything in DuPage because Cook stretches both further north and further south than DuPage. It also stretches equally as far west. This gives the county more areas that are likely to lean R even if the county is bluer overall.
King of Kensington:
Quote from: mileslunn on January 04, 2023, 03:07:32 PM
Also those four townships I think are more blue collar working class while DuPage more white collar and we've seen a reversal in fortunes there. In those four townships, high number of Italian and Polish descent while DuPage more English, Irish, and German and I noticed in former it seems a lot swung towards GOP. South part of Cuyahoga County vs. west part similar as south part went for Obama both times but then swung to Trump while western part was opposite going for McCain and Romney but then Clinton and Biden. Or another comparison is DuPage is more akin to Oakland County which Biden won by 14 points while those four more like Macomb County which Trump won by 8 points.
There does seem to be a "white ethnic" tinge to Trumpism.
Up until 2012, DuPage (a bastion of white collar Republicanism) was more reliably R than Nassau, Long Island. But Nassau is more overtly "ethnic" (Italians, plus bloc-voting Orthodox Jews) and it's resisted the D trend of affluent, educated inner suburbs.
King of Kensington:
Lemont Township is moderately educated (38% have college degrees). It's also very Polish (26%). So it doesn't have your "professional class liberal" demographics.
https://statisticalatlas.com/county-subdivision/Illinois/Cook-County/Lemont-Township/Overview
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