ILLINOIS. Reddest county: Wayne County. Obama started his political career in Illinois as a political organizer, later going on to win election to the Senate by the largest margin in Illinois history.

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 ...

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 ...

But organizers in Illinois and Oregon hope to capitalize on the current political environment. "With this polarization," said G.H. Merritt, chair of the pro-breakaway group New Illinois.

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.

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.

Why It Matters. Some Illinois residents, particularly from rural or conservative-leaning counties, are seeking to join ...

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 ...

”Rural Illinois counties align more with Indiana’s policies as far as political and cultural issues.” Call IndyStar reporter John Tuohy at 317-444-6418. Email at john.tuohy@indystar.com and ...

Roughly 70% to 75% of Illinois’ counties saw the number and likelihood of prison sentences decrease from 2010 to 2023.

In 2021, the secession counties generated at least $2.2 billion in tax revenue for Illinois but received $4 billion back from the state, according to the SIU analysis, which takes into account ...

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 ...