Illinois is lost. Give up the short yardage abutting Lake Michigan and stop pretending Chicago’s gerrymandered blue fortress is worth bleeding over in 2026. This is basic battlefield discipline. You do not charge machine-gun nests because consultants want to pretend every race is competitive. Illinois is a Democrat cartography crime scene, and the short yardage along Lake Michigan is already conceded by design. Put resources where votes can move seats: Iowa’s 1st and 3rd Districts. Defend the open Republican terrain, drill down on the decisive races, and force Democrats to fight outside their urban fortress. Chicago politics turned Illinois into a blue congressional meat grinder. So stop feeding it Republican money. Hold the rural and small-city ground, win Iowa, and spend like adults.
I'm stuck in IL-6 with the pathetic Sean Casten. Our district is a irregularly shaped gerrymander - though not as absurd as the earmuff-shaped IL-4, which was drawn to maximize/concentrate the Latino vote. It's sickening.
My county, DuPage, just west enough of Chicago to be reliably Republican until the last 15-20 years when idiot libs started fleeing Chicago and bringing their politics with them. They flee what Democrat policies wrought in Chicago for the safer, more peaceful and conservative western suburbs, but bring their liberal biases with them. They've changed the area for the worse.
Where once sat Henry Hyde we now have Sean Casten, a snot-nosed liberal child.
I might be backing the underdog but I have high hopes that enough Reoublican voters show up and back Niki Conforti and we can send Sean Casten back to his mommy's basement.
I'm in Illinois 15, Mary Miller, and am glad to know she is safe, which I figured. The Democrat control in Springfield is extremely discouraging, the state as a whole is no better than NY or CA. Downstate IL gets no representation. And in Congress we are not fairly represented in the House, and the election corruption here keeps the criminal Durbin in the Senate.
What do you think of the recent lawsuit against Illinois that complains that it has been gerrymandered for racial reasons? If the Supreme Court agrees, that might make a real difference although clearly not for 2026.
But wouldn't it be fun to watch a handful of blue states having to try to gerrymander without racial issues as a key point?
I suppose it would force a few more R seats no matter the wishes of the legislature but Chicago is a real mess. Only McHenry is red out of the entire metro area.
I know. Of course, you are correct. But think of the fun as the Dem Reps fight over who represents what district. Debbie Wasserman Schultz is getting creamed down here in Florida because she is going for a "black seat." Jared Moskowitz is being forced to shift to represent people who don't know him. Although since it's Broward County it might not make a difference.
But keep in mind that the magic number is 218. If the Reps can get to that number between the current realignment and the census and perhaps to a limited degree only counting citizens, then the Dems will face major problems. Young poli sci folks, realizing the limits of ambition in the Dem Party might do some rethinking. We can only hope and pray!
Illinois is lost. Give up the short yardage abutting Lake Michigan and stop pretending Chicago’s gerrymandered blue fortress is worth bleeding over in 2026. This is basic battlefield discipline. You do not charge machine-gun nests because consultants want to pretend every race is competitive. Illinois is a Democrat cartography crime scene, and the short yardage along Lake Michigan is already conceded by design. Put resources where votes can move seats: Iowa’s 1st and 3rd Districts. Defend the open Republican terrain, drill down on the decisive races, and force Democrats to fight outside their urban fortress. Chicago politics turned Illinois into a blue congressional meat grinder. So stop feeding it Republican money. Hold the rural and small-city ground, win Iowa, and spend like adults.
I'm stuck in IL-6 with the pathetic Sean Casten. Our district is a irregularly shaped gerrymander - though not as absurd as the earmuff-shaped IL-4, which was drawn to maximize/concentrate the Latino vote. It's sickening.
My county, DuPage, just west enough of Chicago to be reliably Republican until the last 15-20 years when idiot libs started fleeing Chicago and bringing their politics with them. They flee what Democrat policies wrought in Chicago for the safer, more peaceful and conservative western suburbs, but bring their liberal biases with them. They've changed the area for the worse.
Where once sat Henry Hyde we now have Sean Casten, a snot-nosed liberal child.
I might be backing the underdog but I have high hopes that enough Reoublican voters show up and back Niki Conforti and we can send Sean Casten back to his mommy's basement.
I'm in Illinois 15, Mary Miller, and am glad to know she is safe, which I figured. The Democrat control in Springfield is extremely discouraging, the state as a whole is no better than NY or CA. Downstate IL gets no representation. And in Congress we are not fairly represented in the House, and the election corruption here keeps the criminal Durbin in the Senate.
What do you think of the recent lawsuit against Illinois that complains that it has been gerrymandered for racial reasons? If the Supreme Court agrees, that might make a real difference although clearly not for 2026.
But wouldn't it be fun to watch a handful of blue states having to try to gerrymander without racial issues as a key point?
I suppose it would force a few more R seats no matter the wishes of the legislature but Chicago is a real mess. Only McHenry is red out of the entire metro area.
I know. Of course, you are correct. But think of the fun as the Dem Reps fight over who represents what district. Debbie Wasserman Schultz is getting creamed down here in Florida because she is going for a "black seat." Jared Moskowitz is being forced to shift to represent people who don't know him. Although since it's Broward County it might not make a difference.
But keep in mind that the magic number is 218. If the Reps can get to that number between the current realignment and the census and perhaps to a limited degree only counting citizens, then the Dems will face major problems. Young poli sci folks, realizing the limits of ambition in the Dem Party might do some rethinking. We can only hope and pray!
Keep up the good work! PLEASE!