Illinois 2014 Initiatives by County

[Mr. Illini]

So I tried to enter this data as a submission to the site's database, but the excel formatting was giving me problems. Figured you all would still be interested in the results, so I made some maps of my own. DM me if you're interested in helping me submit these properly as entries into the database.

Starting with the birth control question.

“Shall any health insurance plan in Illinois that provides prescription drug coverage be required to include prescription birth control as part of that coverage?”



Most supportive county was Cook at 78% YES. Most opposed was Effingham County at 59% NO.

[Mr. Illini]

Next is the minimum wage question.

“Shall the minimum wage in Illinois for adults over the age of 18 be raised to $10 per hour by January 1, 2015?”



It is interesting that while we generally think of the Chicago suburbs as more fiscally conservative and socially liberal an downstate as more fiscally liberal and socially conservative, these maps show a different picture. The suburbs remained more liberal on the minimum wage question relative to the birth control question while downstate was more opposed to an increase in the minimum wage than a birth control mandate.

Most supportive county was Cook at 81%. Most opposed county was Adams County at 38%.

[Skill and Chance]

Next is the minimum wage question.

“Shall the minimum wage in Illinois for adults over the age of 18 be raised to $10 per hour by January 1, 2015?”



It is interesting that while we generally think of the Chicago suburbs as more fiscally conservative and socially liberal an downstate as more fiscally liberal and socially conservative, these maps show a different picture. The suburbs remained more liberal on the minimum wage question relative to the birth control question while downstate was more opposed to an increase in the minimum wage than a birth control mandate.

Most supportive county was Cook at 81%. Most opposed county was Adams County at 38%.

Rich people in cities and poor people in the countryside being partisan for the sake of being partisan?

[Mr. Illini]

Next is the minimum wage question.

“Shall the minimum wage in Illinois for adults over the age of 18 be raised to $10 per hour by January 1, 2015?”



It is interesting that while we generally think of the Chicago suburbs as more fiscally conservative and socially liberal an downstate as more fiscally liberal and socially conservative, these maps show a different picture. The suburbs remained more liberal on the minimum wage question relative to the birth control question while downstate was more opposed to an increase in the minimum wage than a birth control mandate.

Most supportive county was Cook at 81%. Most opposed county was Adams County at 38%.

Rich people in cities and poor people in the countryside being partisan for the sake of being partisan?

No, because both questions were partisan-charged. It would seem that the suburbs are considerably more fiscally liberal than formerly hardcore-Democrat southern Illinois.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Why is the county with Quincy still so conservative? Quincy is a decent-sized city.

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Why is the county with Quincy still so conservative? Quincy is a decent-sized city.

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Because Quinn took money away from downstate prisons that a fairly moderate Blagojevich had a easier time carrying, downstate, ILL.

[Miles]

'Almost done with IL statewide races by CD; it just occurred to me that I should have done these referendums as well. I'll do them at some point soon.

[Mr. Illini]

Why is the county with Quincy still so conservative? Quincy is a decent-sized city.

If you picked Quincy up and put it in Mississippi, no one would notice. It is a very conservative community relative to what you would expect in contrast with some NW Illinois cities which are even more liberal than you might expect. Quincy has a higher religious attendance rate than nearly all other Illinois counties (exceptions include, predictably, the Effingham area and, surprisingly and ironically, DuPage County). It also doesn't share the union and manufacturing culture that NW Illinois does, partially explaining its staunch fiscal conservatism.

I don't buy that it had anything to do with downstate prisons, as many other counties down there have prisons and did not see similar voting patterns on these referendums. Remember these are maps from the referendums, not from the Governor's race.

And from my anecdotal experience, I actually know a few prison employees from downstate and they despise Rauner considerably more than Quinn even if they don't like either.

[ElectionsGuy]

Why is the county with Quincy still so conservative? Quincy is a decent-sized city.

Woah! A bigger city can be conservative? I never knew

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Why is the county with Quincy still so conservative? Quincy is a decent-sized city.

Woah! A bigger city can be conservative? I never knew

I wouldn't be surprised if Obama won the city but lost the rural part of the county in a landslide.