Monday, June 19, 2017

Democratic districts in U.S. House targeted by GOP: Illinois 17th


Tea Party favorite Bobby Schilling defeated the 3-term Democratic incumbent Phil Hare in 2010.  Then along came Democrat Cheri Bustos, who quickly sent him packing.  In 3 elections, her margin of victory has increased from 6.6 to 20.6 percentage points.

Clinton won 46.7% of the vote in the district compared to 47.4% for Trump.

Source:  Ballotpedia

NRCC Announces Initial Offensive Targets For The 2018 Cycle.  (NRCC, 2/8/2017)

Since February 8th, the gap between Trump's approval and disapproval ratings has increased 9.7 percentage points.  To the bad.

Source:  govtrack

Sources: Census Reporter (IL 17CD;  U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts (IL, US)

Related posts:
Minnesota 1st.  (6/13/2017)
Ohio 13th.  (6/13/2017)
Pennsylvania 17th.  (6/13/2017)
Minnesota 8th.  (6/14/2017)
Minnesota 7th.  (6/14/2017)
Arizona 1st.  (6/15/2017)
Arizona 9th.  (6/15/2017)
California 7th.  (6/16/2017)
California 24th.  (6/16/2017)
California 36th.  (6/16/2017)
California 52nd.  (6/16/2017)
Colorado 7th.  (6/17/2017)
Connecticut 2nd.  (6/17/2017)
Connecticut 5th.  (6/17/2017)
Florida 7th.  (6/18/2017)
Florida 13th.  (6/18/2017)
Iowa 2nd.  (6/19/2017)

Take Back the House 2018 posts:
Pennsylvania 8th.  (6/2/2017)
New Jersey 11th.  (6/2/2017)
Minnesota 2nd.  (6/2/2017)
Nebraska 2nd.  (6/3/2017)

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