why is Illinois such a heavily blue state

[DrScholl]

Cook County is a large percentage of the overall vote and it has a lot of white liberals that vote very Democratic in most years. The rest of the state mirrors the country a little bit better in terms of how polarization and voting patterns are.

[DrScholl]

There are places everywhere that get their votes drowned out by other areas, it's just how it is. No use complaining about it really.