I live in Chicago. I sincerely doubt that many Conservatives stayed home because Rauner wasn’t conservative enough. He won in a deep blue state.
Did he check off all the Conservative boxes? No. Did he replace a far left liberal democrat? Yes.
This is a win for us.
Quinn won Cook County, the only county he won, but the total vote in the county was down. I suspect that there wasn't a big push by the Rat organization.