Here in Illinois, once you get south of I-80, the political complexion of the state changes dramatically. The downstate Democrats are much different that their Chicago-bred counterparts. They tend to be much more conservative and tend to be pro-gun. Having a “D” in back of one’s name as an Illinois politician isn’t quite the “kiss of death’ that one might think. These downstate Democrats are one reason that Illinois doesn’t have even more obnoxious gun laws than we do. Oh, in this state, having an “R” in back of one’s name ain’t no gaurantee, either.
That goes for every state in the union, unfortunately.
Something folks here seem to conveniently forget.
“...Here in Illinois, once you get south of I-80, the political complexion of the state changes dramatically...”
But downstate there were some across-the-board hardcore conservative Republicans too. Alabama had nobody as conservative as the Crane brothers when they were in and today we don’t have anybody as conservative as Congressman Roskam of Illinois.
There is not one single conservative or moderate Democrat in all of the Illinois delegation to the US Congress. And there is not one liberal Republican in the Illinois delegation (The ACU ratings are pretty representative of a wide range of votes cast).