Tuesday, March 30, 2021

Kendall County, Illinois: Why the GOP believes that voter suppression is the only path to survival

       

Chicago metro area 

Kendall County:  From a 48.1 percentage point GOP advantage in 1984 to a 5.8 percentage point Democratic advantage in 2020.

Wikipedia 
3rd party votes:  24.2% in 1992, 12.5% in 1996, 7.8% in 2016
(Alabama segregationist George Wallace received 7,7% of the vote in 1968)

Trump received 4,531 more votes than he did in 2016, a 18% increase.   Biden received 8,284 more votes than Clinton did in 2016, an increase of 33%.

Trump's share of the vote decreased by 0.1 percentage points. Biden increased Clinton's share of the vote by 5.9 percentage points.


Demographically speaking.

% of population 25 and older with bachelor's degree:
  • 36.2% - Kendall County
  • 34.7% - Illinois
  • 32.1% - U.S.
% of population 65 and older:
  • 10.7% - Kendall County
  • 16.1% - Illinois
  • 16.5% - U.S.
% of population living in poverty:
  •   4.0% - Kendall County
  • 11.5% - Illinois
  • 10.5% - U.S. (they're joking, of course)

The GOP dumbing down of America is not working in Kendall County.  

Other GOP nightmare locations:
Denver metro area:

Colorado.  Adams County.  (3/25/2021)
Colorado.  Arapahoe County.  (3/25/2021)
Colorado.  Denver County.  (3/25/2021)
Colorado.  Douglas County.  (3/25/2021)
Colorado.  Jefferson County.  (3/25/2021)

Atlanta metro area:


Georgia.  Clayton County.  (3/26/2021)
Georgia.  Cobb County.  (3/26/2021)
Georgia.  DeKalb County.  (3/26/2021)
Georgia.  Douglas County.  (3/27/2021)
Georgia.  Fayette County.  (3/27/2021)
Georgia.  Forsyth County.  (3/26/2021)
Georgia.  Gwinnett County.  (3/26/2021)
Georgia.  Henry County.  (3/26/2021)
Georgia   Rockdale County.  (3/26/2021)

Chicago metro area:


Illinois.  DeKalb County.  (3/29/2021)
Illinois.  DuPage County.  (3/30/2021)
Illinois.  Kane County.  (3/30/2021)
Illinois.  Lake County.  (3/29/2021)
Illinois.  McHenry County.  (3/29/2021)
Illinois.  Will County.  (3/30/2021)

Indianpolis metro area:

Indiana.  Hamilton County.  (3/23/2021)
Indiana.  Hancock County.  (3/23/2021)
Indiana.  Hendricks County.  (3/23/2021)
Indiana.  Johnson County.  (3/23/2021)
Indiana.  Marion County.  (3/24/2021)

Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area
Minnesota.  Anoka County.  (3/22/2021)
Minnesota.  Carver County.  (3/21/2021)
Minnesota.  Dakota County.  (3/22/2021)
Minnesota.  Washington County.  (3/22/2021)

Kansas City metro area:
Missouri.  Clay County.  (3/22/2021)
Missouri.  Platte County.  (3/22/2021)

Dallas/Fort Worth metro area:
Texas.  Collin County.  (3/24/2021)
Texas.  Dallas County.  (3/24/2021)
Texas.  Denton County.  (3/24/2021)
Texas.  Ellis County.  (3/24/2021)
Texas.  Kaufman County.  (3/24/2021)
Texas.  Tarrant County.  (3/24/2021)

Washington DC metro area
Virginia.  Arlington County.  (3/28/2021)
Virginia.  Fairfax County.  (3/28/2021)
Virginia.  Loudoun County.  (3/28/2021)
Virginia.  Prince William County.  (3/28/2021)
Virginia.  Stafford County.  (3/28/2021)

Milwaukee metro area
Wisconisn.  Ozaukee County. (3/23/2021) 
Wisconsin.  Waukesha County.  (3/23/2021)

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