Posted by
Defend America on Wednesday, February 03, 2010 7:27:42 PM
I think last night's Illinois primary results indicate some
difficulties ahead in the state for Democrats that have nothing to do
with who the winners and losers were.
Based
on the current numbers 885,268 voters were cast in the Democratic
primary for Senate compared to 736,137 on the Republican side. Those
numbers are awfully close to each other for a state that's
overwhelmingly Democratic.
For sake of comparison the last time
there were competitive Senate primaries on both sides in Illinois, in
2004 when Barack Obama was nominated, there were nearly twice as many
votes cast in the Democratic primary as the Republican one. 1,242,996
voted in the Democratic race to 661, 804 for the Republicans.
http://publicpolicypolling.blogspot.com/2010/02/warning-sign-in-illinois.html