As goes Chicago, so goes the state. That leftist shithole is so overpopulated and corrupt that they run roughshod over any votes that the rest of the state might cast. That's how if you look at voter heat-maps of the state you'll see that nearly everywhere outside of the Chicago and collar counties is red, aside from a few pockets like Champaign-Urbana (where the U of I is located) and East St. Louis (which is predominantly black and poor).