Mailbox boosted ballot box for Chicago primary voters wary of coronavirus – Chicago Sun-Times

Mail-in ballots trickling in are inching the city’s primary turnout to nearly 35 percent. That’s down sharply from the 53.52 percent city turnout in the 2016 presidential primary and the 52.70 percent in 2008, but above or comparable to the city’s showing in the remaining three presidential primaries this century.

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Chicago area loses population for third year in a row, third-worst loss among big metros – Wirepoints

The latest 2023 Census population estimates show migration and population changes have largely returned to their pre-pandemic patterns across the country. Metro Chicago’s loss of 16,600 people is the 3rd-highest decline among the nation’s metropolitan areas. Only the Los Angeles area (down 71,000) and the New York City area (down 65,000) lost more people than Chicagoland.

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