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RandySF

(83,707 posts) Tue Mar 20, 2012, 09:20 PM Mar 2012

IL vote shows a HUGE divide between rural and suburban counties. [View all]

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.

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IL vote shows a HUGE divide between rural and suburban counties. [View all] RandySF Mar 2012 OP

That's what he does in every state he wins, he wins in the more Democratic areas. Mr.Turnip Mar 2012 #1

what it tells me Skittles Mar 2012 #2

AM radio is a good way to reach rural voters. shcrane71 Mar 2012 #3

I remember when I lived in a rural Texas town Skittles Mar 2012 #5

That's quite common, even in large cities, in Red states. shcrane71 Mar 2012 #10

That bothers me for the general election a little because Little Star Mar 2012 #4

we aren't going to lose IL. Mr.Turnip Mar 2012 #7

That I'm sure of!!! I'm really not worried.... Little Star Mar 2012 #8

College towns aside, you get 60 miles away from State & Madison and you're in Mississippi. Gidney N Cloyd Mar 2012 #6

60 miles is just about right but... madrchsod Mar 2012 #9