[SamAdams76]

Obama will not lose Illinois.....Take it to the bank.

I wouldn't bank on it. I have family in Naperville, which is part of DuPage County just outside Chicago. I visit there about once a year. In 2008, the Obama signs were everywhere and he took the county by a 55-44 margin. (In 2004, Bush won by about the same margin.)

Not this year. My family reports that Romney signs are popping up like weeds and nary an Obama sign is to be found. There are a million people in DuPage Country and Romney is likely to win there by double digits (as Bush/Cheney did in 2004).

I'm not predicting that Romney will win statewide but I'm certainly not ruling it out and we shouldn't write it off.

[Republican Wildcat]

In the least that will help the GOP hold more of the House seats than previously expected due to the redistricting skewed so heavily for the Dems.

[MarkeyD]

I lived in Naperville for 20 years. It’s one of the reddest areas of the state. It’s where Cheney called Clymer a “Major League Asshole”

[flaglady47]

I live very near Naperville, IL (in fact I once lived there) in Downers Grove. Nary an Obama sign to be seen, in fact nary a sign to be seen at all. Weird election this time around. I know DuPage County where I live will go overwhelmingly for Romney, as well as most of the collar counties surrounding Chicago. I also have friends living in Cook County, and believe me, a whole bunch of them will be voting Romney as well. In fact, I suspect that Chicago is the place where Obama will get the vast majority of his votes, there and a few areas downstate. The rest of the state will go to Romney. The question is, will the collar counties along with the rural areas of IL and most of downstate be able to offset the City of Chicago plus a few downstate areas. It’s going to be close folks, very close.

[Chgogal]

See post 63. Last presidential election there were Obama signs everywhere. Not this year. I live close to Rahmbo (5th Congressional District), there is just one Obama sign and that sign is in the house where you can almost not see it.

[usconservative]

I'm not predicting that Romney will win statewide but I'm certainly not ruling it out and we shouldn't write it off.

I live in Illinois, not far from your family in Naperville. I live in Will County. Let me tell you, Obama will win 3, maybe 4 counties in Illinois. The rest of the state is RED, RED, RED.

If you pull up an election map and look at voting demographics, you'll see three counties consistently DEMOCRAT. Those also happen to be the heaviest populated counties in the State, and typically all any democrat needs to win the state.