Good news so far with early voting in Il-13th

[beachbum bob]

As of Saturday 10-20, early voting in Macon county. so far based on party preference set by previous primary cast ballots:

2200 democratic
1200 republican
2000 no party affiliated
as no vote been cast in a previous primary. We can just apply a 50/50 split, which is a way more conservative approach as its most likely the majority are democratic votes. We can also assume that a number of "republican" ballots have gone for democratic candidates too and not so much democratic ballots for republicans.

This is looking very good for democrats as what happens in Macon County is a good sign for Betsy Dirksen Londrigan.

Unverified report that near 30,000 early votes been cast so far in Il-13th, there are 14 counties with in the district. What happens in Macon county is the bellweather of the election....


these are all new records for early voting numbers

[Pity Puddles]

1. I'm not from IL, so I don't know the answer to this question.

Is Betsy Dirksen Londrigan kin to Everett Dirksen?

[beachbum bob]

2. not directly as any relationship would have been back in Germany,

as their family trees go back to separate german villages. Her family in Springfield is very well known and her campaign has been outraising her GOP opponent by 2x. The majority of his money comes from out of state PACS, where her's the the polar opposite and comes from donors in her district. A real telltale sign.

[Pity Puddles]

3. Ah, ok good luck!

Just wanted to know, and thank you for pointing out that some surnames are as common in other countries like Smiths and Joneses in the U.S.

[beachbum bob]

4. records get a bit hazy once you get to europe because of the destruction of documents

during all the wars