A statewide concern: Illinois’ population decline outpaces neighboring states – Wirepoints on ABC20 Champaign
“We are not in good shape” Wirepoints’ Ted Dabrowski told ABC 20 Champaign during a segment on Illinois’ latest population losses. Illinois was one of just three states to shrink in the 2010-2020 period and has lost another 300,000 people since then. Ted says things need to change. “It’s too expensive to live here, there aren’t enough good jobs and nobody trusts the government anymore. There’s just other places to go where you can be more satisfied.”
Crain’s is right about the primary results yesterday, but I maintain my view that a considerable majority of Illinois voters are moderates. It just doesn’t get reflected in elections.
The problem is the “moderates” on the Democrat side are Madigan-machine politicians that inspire no one. Zalewski is a good example: reasonable suburban Dem who’s a solid D but isn’t going to go too crazy on progressive extremes like defunding the police. But he was lazy and lost. His voters were lazy and didn’t show up. His opponent, Rashid, had a motivated ground game that was just enough to overcome an apathetic voter base. Progressives will ALWAYS show up because they live for this shit. Same in the city. The NW side candidates who were considered “pro-police” were not great… Read more »
Unfortunately the moderates also appear to be apathetic. Classic example of a voter feeling like their vote doesn’t make a difference, so why bother?