Who Voted Against The Graduated Income Tax? Mostly Voters Outside Of Chicago – WBEZ (Chicago)

In Chicago, most voters were supportive of the measure with more than 71% voting “yes.” The greatest support came from the city’s majority-Black wards, where more than 82% voted for the graduated income tax, according to an analysis of tallies as of Thursday.
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PensionActuary1058
3 years ago

The leftist media, of which NPR is part of, always has to force things through a racial lense essentially implying that white voters were against the tax and black voters for it. By my count, the ward i live in voted 85/15 for Biden but 75/25 for the tax, there is your 10 point swing. And by the way my ward happens to be mostly white.

nixit
3 years ago

And some non-Trump voters voted Yes, so the number of No’s from Dems is even larger. They just can’t get over the fact that so many Dems didn’t buy into their message.

Riverbender
3 years ago

I noticed that myself when reading the story. I was thinking that instead of focusing on race I would like to see how the voting went based upon the percentage of welfare recipients in a given district in order to see the actual impact the free stuff army voters have on elections of higher taxes when they, the fsa’s, pay no taxes. There might be some pretty interesting numbers to be found in a studyt like that.

nixit
3 years ago

Enough already. Support for the Fair Tax trailed Biden support by 10 points in Chicago and Cook County. Biden got 56% of the vote in Illinois. Extend that 10 point difference to all counties and the Fair Tax still loses.

Stop trying to pin this on downstate Republicans. More Democrats voted No than Republicans voted Yes.

PensionActuary1058
3 years ago
Reply to  nixit

It was decided in the collar counties. Many people there voted for Biden/Durbin and against the tax scam.

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