Mr. Illini
liberty142
Junior Chimp
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« on: January 09, 2015, 04:36:40 PM » |
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Bloomington-Normal, IL is a very conservative community relative to the state of Illinois. It is much more conservative than similar micro-cities downstate such as Champaign-Urbana, Peoria, and Springfield.
The city of Bloomington voted for Romney 50-47% in 2012. 59-35% for Rauner this year. This despite an out-of-town university population. Native Bloomingtonians are very Republican.
Compare to Obama receiving 63% in my city of Champaign in 2012. The cities are less than an hour away from each other and both have large state universities.
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