Cook county and Chicago run the state. Without those two state is red. Its disgusting. People in Chicago are sheep that wear masks walking down the street. Orange man is bad and its his fault Chicago and IL are dying. Lightfoot and fat boy take no blame. They are doing their best to keep the citizens “safe” and business closing is the virus fault not their actions. It is screwed up.
My wife has a ton of wonderful conservative relatives from 100 miles wsw of Chicago to the Ill/Missouri border/river.
Apparently there is a very conservative group pushing for separation in Illinois.
We have the same problem in California with Gay Frisco/Marin, Sillycon Valley, Sacramento and LA ruling this state. This is a lot of strong interest in becoming 2 states here.