I voted for Pat Hughes yesterday. He had zero name recognition, and, let’s be candid: The average voter is pretty clueless, and politically lazy, and will quickly pull the lever for a name he or she recognizes, no matter that person’s agenda.
One would have to go south of I-80 to even begin seeing some conservative areas of Illinois, but they are out there, just the same.
“One would have to go south of I-80 to even begin seeing some conservative areas of Illinois, but they are out there, just the same.”
Along the Lake Michigan route, the only real conservative community seems to be Winthrop Harbor, just south of the WI border. Even the moneyed Lake Forest and Lake Bluff communities are packed with libs — just the rich variety.