From Wikipedia:
Evanston was heavily Republican in voter identification from the time of the Civil War up to the 1960s. Nixon carried Evanston in the 1968 presidential election.[24] The city began trending Democratic and now almost exclusively identifies with candidates affiliated with the Democratic Party in elections on all levels of government.
In the 2004 presidential election, Democratic candidate John Kerry won 82% of Evanston’s vote. His Republican opponent and the nationwide winner, President George W. Bush, only won 17% of the vote in Evanston.[citation needed] In 2008, Democrat Barack Obama won approximately 87% of the vote in Evanston over Republican Senator John McCain.[25]
My son, lived smack dab in the middle of Chicago for 15 years, parked his car on the street, and except for one time someone broke one of the windows, never had a problem. Then his friends talked him into moving to Evanston, to a nicer building, by the lake. First rattle out of the box, his car was stolen. Evanston, like most Chicago suburbs, used to be a really nice town. It’s a shame, and I really hate to see our society crumbling.