Trump only won 57% of downstate voters, while “no” votes on the tax amendment garnered 67% of the vote. There are fewer affluent voters downstate, which means “people that weren’t necessarily going to be affected by the graduated income tax [were] voting two to one against it,” said Scott Kennedy, data analyst at the Center for Illinois Politics.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.