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发帖数: 36302 | 1 Heading into Tuesday's primary, it seemed inevitable Democratic leaders in
DuPage County were going to ask some of their party's 12 county board
nominees to drop out before the November election.
The strategy -- a response to decades of Republican dominance -- would allow
the party to focus its resources on the strongest candidates in districts
where it had the best chance of winning seats on an 18-person board that
features 17 Republicans.
Then something happened that hasn't occurred in the traditional GOP
stronghold in a decade: More Democrats voted in DuPage than Republicans.
There were 82,943 Democratic ballots cast countywide during the primary,
according to unofficial results, compared to 72,843 by Republicans.
DuPage wasn't the only place to experience the shift: Democrats in Lake and
Kane counties also pulled more ballots than Republicans.
That turnout has the DuPage Democratic Party talking about a "Blue Wave" on
its website and Chairman Robert Peickert saying the party may abandon the
idea of focusing on only a few county board races.
"Democrats are very energized," Peickert said. "I think they are ready to
make a big move in November nationally, statewide and here in DuPage."
Kane County Democratic Chairman Mark Guethle says he saw the change coming.
In his county, the number of Democratic primary voters jumped to 36,361 this
year compared to 6,327 in 2014, according to a Daily Herald analysis of
unofficial results. At the same time, the number of Republican primary
voters dropped to 30,910 from 36,951 in 2014. | O**l
发帖数: 12923 | 2 挺好 il 明年就可以申请全州破产了
pension全部清0 工会合同全部重签
2020变红州 | s****e
发帖数: 720 | 3 鬼知道这voter machine problem是不是democrats在捣鬼。。
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/next-thing-you-know-cemeteries-will-be-
voting-in-dupage/
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: Heading into Tuesday's primary, it seemed inevitable Democratic leaders in
: DuPage County were going to ask some of their party's 12 county board
: nominees to drop out before the November election.
: The strategy -- a response to decades of Republican dominance -- would allow
: the party to focus its resources on the strongest candidates in districts
: where it had the best chance of winning seats on an 18-person board that
: features 17 Republicans.
: Then something happened that hasn't occurred in the traditional GOP
: stronghold in a decade: More Democrats voted in DuPage than Republicans.
: There were 82,943 Democratic ballots cast countywide during the primary,
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