AceRothstein
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The Chicago suburbs are only something like 60% white. Suburban voting patterns have changed quite a bit over the last 30 years as well. They are truly the swing areas of national elections.In the Chicago Metropolitan Area... ( Chicago metropolitan area - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ) ...
If anything highlights the political imbalance in this county, this map does. And the suggestion that each missive urban area be made a state to itself is a bit shocking. But, would it solve the problems of such massive disengagement in our country?
People live in cities.....empty land does not vote
The City has a population of 2.7 million...
The Metro Area has a population of 9.7 million...
The City represents 28% of the total Metro Area population...
With the vast, mostly White suburban sprawl accounting for the other 72% of the Metro Area population...
It's what happens when the Cities fall apart and people and business flee to the suburbs in their thousands and hundreds of thousands, and a generation or two passes...