Danville and Chicago’s South Side squeezed into gerrymandered congressional district – NPR Illinois

“Everybody knows that the area in the Chicago, or the megapolis area, you know, is a different cat compared to everybody downstate,” said Danville native and retired veterinarian Wes Bieritz said. “And that’s been well known. It’s very obvious in the voting records as well. So, you know, do we want to be represented by those people up there? Hmm, I don’t think I do.”
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debtsor
1 year ago

Shameful gerrymandering. You should see the Florida map, it’s a bunch of squares and rectangles.

Giddyap
1 year ago

Pritzker promised to end Illinois gerrymandering

https://www.illinoispolicy.org/pritzker-breaks-promise-to-end-illinois-gerrymandering/

did anyone actually believe that BIG ELECTION LIE

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