Posted on 10/06/2022 8:15:35 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
CHICAGO—Many Black voters in some of Chicago’s most violent neighborhoods are frustrated that Democrats haven’t curbed persistent crime or fixed the economic problems that underpin it, prompting some to weigh sitting out upcoming elections.
The Republican effort to win the Illinois governor’s race this fall has centered on calling for more police officers and blaming Democrats for violent crime in Chicago, which last year had one of its worst years since the 1990s before some types of crimes receded this year. Republican aides and strategists said they wouldn’t come close to winning deep-blue areas of the state such as Chicago but that they hoped to chip away at the Democratic advantage in the city, which could be achieved if some voters stay home.
The far West Side neighborhood of Austin is part of a swath of neighborhoods on Chicago’s South and West sides where longstanding crime worsened during the Covid-19 pandemic. Murders jumped in 2020, and while reported shootings are down this year compared with last year, people who live in the neighborhood say they still occur too often, generally between rival cliques and street gangs. For the year through early September, more vehicles were reported stolen in Austin than during the same period in any of the previous four years, according to city data.
Black Chicagoans say they are skeptical that Chicago’s violent crime problem will be addressed based on votes they cast this fall or next year, when Democratic Mayor Lori Lightfoot is up for re-election. Some said their frustration with what they described as Democrats’ lack of support for business development and other economic initiatives has left them disillusioned with the political process.
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Their ballots are already filled out.
The Governor’s race here in Illinois is a joke. Governor Creosote will win re-election by carrying 6 counties.
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Perhaps another $20 trillion Great Society II would fix all those "economic problems that underpin crime." That's the ticket. More spending in the ghettos.
They can stay home and Dominion will vote for them.
“Their ballots are already filled out.”
Naw, they see how Republicans and anything MAGA are villified....
“Who you votin’ for bruh?”
“Man, Imma sit this one out, I don’t like any of ‘em!”
(Pulls lever for MAGA).
....cause they keep voting for the same people with the same ideas.
Most of them will not make the connection between the way they vote and the fact that the crime problem will not be seriously addressed.
I think they should just try to give democrats one last chance.
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One more chance. Yeah, that’s the ticket!
The West and South Sides of Chicago will not give up their Election Day “Gifts” - Free ride to the Polls - Free Lunch after voting - a Nice Goodie bag after lunch. For the Baby Momma’s a box of free diapers and formula.
In the old days, the Men would get a Fifth of Gin or Bourbon after voting.
Stupid.
They know what the problem is.
Go out and vote for those that state clearly how they will fix the problem.
Its just like anyone who when they know whatever wrong is being done, just passively sits around and does nothing. Can’t even anonymously vote for the person who they know will work to fix the problem everyone knows about.
Marxism hasn’t worked anywhere else, so why would they expect it to work in Illinois?
Won’t make a damn bit of difference in Illinois.
Sorry but it is delusional to expect blacks to desert the Democratic Party. It simply has not and will not happen regardless of the realities past or current.
They can all skip. Dominion will handle it.
But it would never occur to them to vote Republican, as if that would make any difference.
Nobody doesn’t get elected when people sit out. The only way to keep someone out of office is to give the other person enough votes to beat them.
It worsened because YOUR politicians followed Satan's pide-pipers Obama and Holder, and made a war on cops, and said "defund the police!"
Blacks are paying the price, too, with much higher violent crime rates, and auto fatalities.
dont skip the election VOTE REPUBLICAN!
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