Out of all the IL races, this one has gotten the most attention. Hope she wins as her competition lack a lot of conviction for the modern era.
Meanwhile there’s a very important senate seat in IL for Durbins seat where the polling lead for the dem primary is a total corporate shill and the other two are better not a super clean cut given stumbling around ostensibly straightforward geopolitical questions.
Are you in IL or do you know it well enough to comment?
I am in IL and have been following these races closely. Did my early voting today too.
How receptive would you say Chicagolanders are to outside influence? What I mean, and why I ask, is that I agree there is a huge amount of attention on this race, and also, is that I think different states accept varying degrees of outside influence on their elections. For example, I think states like, idk, Maine for example, I think Mainers get particularly annoyed by any perceived outside influence on their election. They’ll re-elect Susan Collins just to spite the national party; they’ll stick with the guy with an alleged Nazi tattoo because it looked like a smear campaign, like the oppo was coming from Schumer/ the national party.
Some other states are like this, Wyoming, Minnesota, Wisconsin. I could probably put together a list. Other states are less insular, like California, New York, maybe Texas, Arizona.
Whats the mood on the ground? Does it feel like the attention on this race is helping or hurting Abughazaleh? How is Chicago feelign?
