2016 Postmortem

greatauntoftriplets

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9. Lake County, IL, had a strong blue trend this election.

Wed Nov 30, 2016, 11:13 AM

Nov 2016

It's not always so. For the last 10 or 12 years, the congressional seat has been handed back and forth between Democrat Brad Schneider and Republican Bruce Dold. This time around, Schneider unseated Dold. In 2018, it could be the other way around.

Also, in 2014, Lake County voted for Republican Bruce Rauner for governor. The only Illinois county that voted for Democrat Pat Quinn was Cook, which encompasses Chicago and many suburbs.

The theory above is interesting, though.

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Move two state borders and Hillary Clinton wins [View all] Skinner Nov 2016 OP

There should be at least one blue county greymattermom Nov 2016 #1

Alternative history can make for interesting reading, but guillaumeb Nov 2016 #2

Fascinating underpants Nov 2016 #3

Excellent display of the ridiculousness of it all! n/t Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2016 #4

Very cool but some of the borders could probably be jockied similarly to favor bloated orange mtnsnake Nov 2016 #5

OTOH, Democrats had gotten complacent in not competing in the rural and small town geek tragedy Nov 2016 #6

This is a great response hueymahl Nov 2016 #8

Looks like fun... but it's a silly notion to take seriously FBaggins Nov 2016 #7

Lake County, IL, had a strong blue trend this election. greatauntoftriplets Nov 2016 #9

K&R n/t musicblind Dec 2016 #10