I guess you're right. NJ liberals in power certainly don't have quite the same socialist insanity and do exhibit some shred of reason on occasion.
They just rob the state while doing so.
Illinois' RAT governor has been caught handing out jobs for cash, paying off his supporters with chushy jobs, accepting cash for his daughter's college education and is currently under federal investigation for jobs misdeeds. Even the RAT Attorney General has not endorsed him in the current race.
Does any of that matter to the voter? Nope, he has a 20+ point lead in the election polls.