Here is a link to an interesting article I found on Crain's Chicago Business:

http://www.chicagobusiness.com/artic...ON/130529803/#


Below are the voter turnout rates for the 2010 Illinois general election:

Cook county: 52.7% (64.4% - Quinn; 28.6% - Brady)
Dupage county: 51.6% (54.3% - Brady; 38.6% - Quinn)
Lake county: 51.3% (50.1% - Brady; 42.4% - Quinn)
Will county: 53.0% (50.3% - Brady; 41.0% - Quinn)
Kane county: 49.6% (53.8% - Brady; 38.2% - Quinn)
Rest of the counties - 48.1%

Average turnout rate: 50.5% (46.8% - Quinn; 46.0% - Brady)

So when you look at the numbers, it really boils down to not enough people in the rest of the state voting. Maybe what we really should be concentrating on is getting everyone one we know registered, knowledgeable, and to the voting stations on election days.