IL vote shows a HUGE divide between rural and suburban counties.

[RandySF]

Rmoney must have won the state on suburban turnout because he getting his clock cleaned downstate by Man-on-Dog. The vote percentages are total mirror opposites.

[Mr.Turnip]

1. That's what he does in every state he wins, he wins in the more Democratic areas.

Santorum wins in the areas any Republican would win.

the other stuff? Eh who knows.

Check out the map for Quinn's win in 2010 if you want to know just how powerful Cook County is.

[Skittles]

2. what it tells me

is that Democrats need to find ways to educate rural voters

[shcrane71]

3. AM radio is a good way to reach rural voters.

The AM radio waves are longer, and therefore, AM stations come in better in rural areas. The Repugs figured this out in the 1980s.

http://my.firedoglake.com/suewilson/2012/03/19/fcc-to-public-boycott-rush-and-leave-us-alone/

[Skittles]

5. I remember when I lived in a rural Texas town

the local paper only ever had editorials from repuke politicians

[shcrane71]

10. That's quite common, even in large cities, in Red states.

It's difficult for me to believe that there are no articulate Liberals living in cities with over 200,000 people. I've known some people who recommend everyone write letters-to-the-editors on a daily basis as SOMETIMES they might publish a letter (once a month?).

The Left really has been shut out of any political dialogue.

[Little Star]

4. That bothers me for the general election a little because

I think there are a lot of Indy's in suburban areas. It seems that in the more rural areas people are more likely to have chosen a party. Who knows, that's just what I feel.

[Mr.Turnip]

7. we aren't going to lose IL.

don't even worry about that.

[Little Star]

8. That I'm sure of!!! I'm really not worried....

I think our president will win a second term hands down.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

6. College towns aside, you get 60 miles away from State & Madison and you're in Mississippi.

OK, maybe 90 miles.

OK, maybe Tennessee.

[madrchsod]

9. 60 miles is just about right but...

there`s a few pockets of sane people out here.