Being in IL, why do people there rally to the hardest leftists in the country?
The biggest misnomer about this state is that it's all liberal. It's not. Chicago (Cook County) and East St. Louis are heavy urban democrats. The rest of this state is pretty Red.
The gerrymandering that happens here is pretty amazing, I'm shocked these maps keep being permitted. In 2012 I was redistricted out of a safe Republican district into a Chicago Democrat district and I'm 28 miles SW of Chicago!!! The shennanigans that occur redrawing maps to eliminate Republicans is pretty astounding.