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by Adam Doster
10:06am
Fri Nov 7, 2008
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Obama Dominates The Collar Counties

Kane Co.

As Josh noted yesterday,
the most dramatic change in the Illinois presidential map between 2004 and 2008 is the blue-ing of the collar counties. Solid Bush terrain
four years ago, every single county swung for Barack Obama on Tuesday.

Here's a data comparison (click &...

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by Adam Doster
11:15am
Thu Mar 20, 2008
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Blue-ing The Collar Counties

Will Co.

Amy Tauchman had no special affinity for DuPage County. In some ways, she just ended up there. It was the late 1980s and she and her husband were looking for some more space for their budding family. They considered moving to Evanston, a town whose residents largely aligned ...

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by Mose Buchele
9:10am
Fri Mar 14, 2008
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Good News At The County Level

Illinois GOP

With county-level party conventions over and local party leaders elected, media have been surveying the local political landscape for the coming year. And the Democratic prospects look good.

Much has been made over Bill Foster’s impressive victory in the formerly ...