“The trend would be for lower Illinois to split down the middle with the West half asking to join Missouri and the East half asking to join Indiana.”
Indiana sure as hell does not want Chicago.
You miss my point-they want to flee Illinois to get out f4rom under the leftist death-grip Chicago has on Illinois.
I say split it into three part with Iowa, Mizzou and Indiana taking the areas next to them and leave Illinois as Greater Chicago, Springfield and East St. Louis.
That way, Mizzou, Iowa and Indiana get more electoral votes and more conservative citizens and the parasitic lefties in Chicago and Springfield can feed off of their own with fewer electoral votes.
It’s a win/win!