Illinois 2016 presidential election map.
Illinois is a state riddled by blue cancer. Statewide, I don't know where Illinois Republicans go except into oblivion. Chicago and the collar counties dominate the state. The Chicago suburbs have been getting more blue. The General Assembly is hopelessly gerrymandered in favor of Democrats. There have been too many years of Combine RINOs running the party. Then, prominent GOP politicians, including the soon-to-be former governor, run like scared rabbits at the mere mention of the name of Donald Trump, which is a loser's strategy. Maybe now that the Democrats run the entire show people will make them own the disaster that they have made Illinois -- and that might be some hope for the GOP way down the line-- but I'm not going to hold my breath. It's too bad the way things have turned out, since the sh*tkickers in the red areas (I used to be one of them) deserve much, much better.