But as that political streak again gets put to the test in the high-stakes 2022 gubernatorial campaign, Democrats are losing a battle for counties across Illinois, surrendering vast sections of ...

To get a more detailed sense of Illinois’s political landscape, FiveThirtyEight spoke to Paul Green, ... County-by-county results maps for the 2008 Republican primary follow below.

Indiana has looked at adding 33 counties from Illinois that signaled they want to leave the state - which could lead to whole new maps of the U.S.. Indiana House Republicans have listed embracing ...

Of course, it can be harder to tell someone’s political leanings than someone’s skin color. And it’s hard to develop an implicit-bias test that mimics realistic, everyday encounters.

What the political shift in rural counties looks like since 2000 March 11, 2022 More than 3 years ago Signs for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in Union County, Iowa, on Oct. 9, 2020.

Illinois Democrats on Friday unveiled their proposed map of the state’s congressional boundaries for the next decade, a plan aimed at increasing their advantage over Republicans in a downsized ...

Why It Matters. Some Illinois residents, particularly from rural or conservative-leaning counties, are seeking to join Indiana because they argue that Illinois' higher taxes, political climate ...

Another is a jagged gash running from the Illinois suburbs of St. Louis nearly to the Indiana border, capturing a handful of the small, blue-leaning cities dotting the more rural part of the state.

Residents in seven downstate counties voted in Tuesday’s election to explore the idea of breaking away from Illinois to form a new state. The counties join a growing number of other right ...