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This was a pretty dumb question...
Mid/South Illinois should be detached and attached to Indiana. It's a shame for the rural people of Illinois to be drown out by Cook County
You mean just like people in Atlanta are drowned out by the good ol folks in the rest of the state?
Cook cast 39% of Illinois' ballots, Fulton 10% of Georgia's. Big difference
Well, it's not a fair comparison when you consider that the main conglomeration of "Atlanta" extends throughout Fulton, Dekalb and Clayton counties (which combined is roughly the same geographic size as Cook County), even though Atlanta's city limits fall in Fulton (and a sliver) of Dekalb. In 2010 in those 3 counties, the vote amounted to roughly 20% of all ballots cast. You come close to 35% if you liberally add in the sprawling areas of Cobb and Gwinnett.
