By: Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
Everybody’s talking about Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s hypocrisy for harboring Texas Democrats who oppose redistricting mid-Census. Pritzker might be yelling about democracy, but it was he and his Democratic supermajority who only recently gerrymandered Illinois to the hilt: 44% of Illinoisans voted for Donald Trump, and yet Democrats control 82% of Illinois’ congressional seats (14 of 17 House seats).
Pritzker wants to be a national hero for the “resistance,” but there’s a problem: Illinois is far from the influential powerhouse the governor portrays it to be. Illinois has been bleeding people relative to the rest of the country for decades, and that can be seen clearly by the state’s collapse in Congressional representation.
In 1950, Illinois had 25 representatives. Today it’s just 17 and on its way to 16 in 2030, according to the Brennan Center for Justice
Contrast that to the states Pritzker loves to hate. Florida’s representation has spiked from just 8 house members to 28, with projections of it hitting 32 in 2030. That’s a 4X increase.
And Texas will nearly double in representation from 22 to 42 by 2030.
The above numbers show how sick Illinois’ brand really is, and Pritzker is not helping with his denial of just how politically one-sided the state really is – in large part thanks to him.
The numbers also reveal how successful the Southern red states have been in attracting people and businesses. They are booming.
An absolutely essential goal of Illinois’ next governor must be to reverse this trend. There’s no reason why Illinois can’t compete – it just needs to get rid of its failed policies and its bad politicians.
Read more from Wirepoints:
- What happened to private sector job growth, Gov. Pritzker?
- Once an Illinois showpiece E.V. maker, bankrupt Lion Electric voids warranties on school buses sold in Illinois and across the U.S.
- The whopping lie behind huge, new pension liability imposed by Springfield on Chicago
- With His Signature On Rigged Election Maps, Call JB Pritzker What He Is
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
Illinois lost another 54,000 tax filers and dependents, net, according to the IRS. Since 2000, fleeing taxpayers have taken $94 billion of annual adjusted gross income with them.
Another interesting data point is that in the same time period. Wisconsin has gone from 12 Electoral votes to 10. So Illinois was about 2.5 times the size of Wisconsin in population (25 to 10) and now it’s roughly 2 times the size. (16 to 8). Clearly, forces apart from the weather are in play.
Wisconsin is also projected to lose a congressional seat so to totals will be 16 to 7.
Please note the recent uptick in down voter activity on most threads due to the Wirepoints’ team’s targeted truth telling.
You can smell the fear from the cornered Dems.
It’s just like how vampires recoil in horror in the old movies when a Crucifix is held up in front of them.
The Dems are the vampires and Wirepoints is the Crucifix.
The quote I find funny is “IL next governor must reverse this trend. There’s no reason IL can’t compete.” How is the next governor going to eliminate pension debt, lower property taxes, break the stranglehold of public unions, and encourage businesses despite high corporate taxes? Not going to happen in next two generations.
The loss of eight house seats in 70 years indicates one less seat every 10 year census. Could be 2 seats in 2030 the way residents are leaving. I would like to hear Pritzker again deny population loss in IL in the face of these numbers. Oh, wait, the census in IL is rigged! The bottom line is, the less seats in the house, the less clout by IL representatives.
Love to see it. First, the GOP gets Illinois back. Then FINALLY we can recriminalize marijuana, end gay marriage, outlaw gambling, ban pornography and undo all the other depravities these people think are A-OK.
AND, just as important, they can release the Epstein files.
The numbers tell the whole story. Illinois has chased away the hard working private sector taxpayers. Other states have grown because they welcome businesses and have lower taxation. The public sector has robbed future generations to come, so they are now choosing to go rather than stay. Illinois is still declining, it has not hit rock bottom yet. Destroyed by greed and crime.
Those high earning that are still in Illinois need to leave immediately in order to preserve their wealth. The Dems have made it virtually impossible to change the progressive march to insolvency. Big tax increases on the horizon.
Our hard work is paying off! Don’t fall for the despair legacy news and online trolls are trying to cultivate. Now is the time to take back Illinois! Pritzker can’t handle an NBC interview and Johnson has reached a level where he would get booed off the stage at his own birthday party. We’ve got some great opportunities!
Check out Johnson getting cussed out and booed by LGBTQ+ last weekend for some inspiration:
https://www.newsbreak.com/jonny-c-224527595/4167490894802-chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-booed-and-cursed-out-at-lgbtq-market-days-event-as-his-approval-hits-historic-low
I moved my high earnings out of Chicago 5 yrs to Kendall Cty. In three yrs, I’m taking the same earnings out of IL. I hope others will do the same. Potentially great city/state being decimated by power-grabs, not governing.
Pritzker v JD Vance.
One a trust fund stumble-f*** kicked out of the family business
The other — from the humblest of means — became a veteran, self made entrepreneur and compelling conservative leader and orator
Can’t imagine a better position for the GOP
Vance — 2028-2036
Rubio — 2036-2044
Baron Trump 2044-2052
Nice fever dream but there is no way in hell it happens.
The steady Illinois decline in electoral votes and congressional seats is ENTIRELY caused by the evil Democrats AKA Communists and their parasitic venereal urine stain Public Sector Union criminal co conspirators.