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

 

Chicago metro area 

Lake County.  From a 37.3 percentage point GOP advantage in 1984 to a 24.1 percentage point Democratic advantage in 2020.  

Wikipedia 

3rd party votes:  19.3% in 1992, 8.9% in 1996, 7.5% in 2016

(Alabama segregationist George Wallace received 7.8% of the vote in 1968)

Trump received 13,827 more votes than he did in 2016, a 13% increase.   Biden received 32,947 more votes than Clinton did in 2016, an increase of 19%.

Trump's share of the vote increased by 3.7 percentage points. Biden increased Clinton's share of the vote by 4.6 percentage points.

Demographically speaking.

Source:  US Census Bureau QuickFacts

% of population 25 and older with bachelor's degree:

• 45.3% - Lake County
• 34.7% - Illinois
• 32.1% - U.S.

% of population 65 and older:

• 14.8% - Lake County
• 16.1% - Illinois
• 16.5% - U.S.

% of population living in poverty:

•   7.2% - Lake County
• 11.5% - Illinois
• 10.5% - U.S. (they're joking, of course)

The GOP dumbing down of America is not working in Lake 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)

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)