National
Finally, the very long campaign season comes to an end. The electorate handed Trump a decisive victory and a new mandate without the drama of recounts, extended ballot processing, or the cry of “But, he lost the popular vote! WAAAAH!”
At the time I am writing this, Trump has secured 295 Electoral votes with Nevada and Arizona likely going to him for a total of 312.
More impressive is that Trump also won the popular vote roughly 72 million to 67 million votes for Harris.
Harris underperformed every demographic group. The voters rejected her abortion and Trump is a Nazi rhetoric and understood who made their lives worse and threatened their personal security and our national security.
Voters also rejected the radical social agenda of the Democrats represented by Tampon Tim. They rejected the celebrity endorsements and paid no attention to the mainstream media with the exception of understanding that the MSM was biased, as witnessed by the biased debate moderators, which millions saw with their own eyes.
In other ways voters saw no joy in Kamala, who couldn’t articulate a point and seemed unnatural, unsure, and uncomfortable in front of real people. She probably had the most contrived campaign in history, inauthentic in every way.
The media drama queens were in disbelief all night long. In my opinion, FOX News took too long to call the race. But, as Trump was giving his victory speech, ABC, CNN, and MSNBC had still not called the race. What were they waiting for?
Chicago Tribune reprinted an AP article that noted, “about half of women backed Harris, while about half of men went for Trump.” Written another way, that means about half the women voted for Trump and about half the men for Harris. And if karma is real, this is great, because Trump actually did better with women than Harris did with men.
The point, not made in the article though, should have been that Kamala decidedly does not represent women – something she arrogantly insisted that she does. Read my Reveille on that HERE.
In their own editorial, the Chicago Tribune wrote, “Donald Trump’s win was a stunning repudiation of the chattering classes.” They got the title right, but couldn’t help starting their commentary by calling him a “craven candidate, whom the highly educated had deemed unacceptably dictatorial, fascistic even.”
They missed the point.
Everything about Harris and the Democrats were rejected. Not just their elitist attitudes, but every policy from fiscal to social. People don’t want elitists to decide what car they drive. They don’t want elitists to import illegal aliens and dump them in small towns. They reject indoctrination of their children in sexual ideology and the entire gender transition movement. They don’t want to bailout other people’s student loans or give massive aid to foreign countries. Voters saw the chaos on college campus from pro-Hamas protestors and wondered why the elitists were allowing the takeover of college campuses. If Democrats think this election was just about gas and grocery prices, they are wrong. It is about much, much more.
Illinois Results
On a percentage basis Trump performed much better in Illinois than in 2020 when he lost to Biden by 17 percent. He halved that loss, losing to Harris by 8 percent. Trump also did better in the collar counties and in Cook County where he improved by 5 percent, taking 30% of the vote.
For Illinois, the impact of a Trump win could be mean the following:
- No bailout of the state in any way. Pritzker is predicting a $22 billion deficit over the next five years. Fortunately, Democrats at the federal level won’t be able to funnel extra money to the state for their wasteful spending.
- Pritzker’s Green Energy Fantasies will hopefully cease. It is likely that Trump will halt the massive subsidies to the EV market and its affiliated businesses. It would also be great if the production tax credit for wind, that has been around since 1992, goes away and similar subsidies for solar farms. Trump will be a champion for fossil fuels and nuclear power which could mean Illinois will not suffer the full consequences of Pritzker power shutdown planned for 2030 and beyond.
- Trump could open up federal tax credits for scholarships for K-12th grade, disrupting the union-controlled public schools in Illinois.
- Trump could end sanctuary state policies and send in federal law enforcement to go after transnational gangs.
On the legislative side, the Democrats will keep their super majorities in the House and Senate. With four Illinois House seats still too close to call because of outstanding VBM, Republicans may even lose seats in the House. No seats changed in the Senate. The red wave that hit the country, did not hit the state.
All three ballot advisory questions passed with strong majorities. All three questions were gimmicks, put on the ballot at the last moment by the Democrats to block a question on parental rights from being asked.
Voters foolishly voted for a millionaire’s tax which will only drive millionaires out of the state. They voted for penalties for interfering with an election worker when election workers are already protected by the law. And they voted to say IVF should be covered by insurance plans, when for the most part, it already is. Stupid, foolish questions that received overwhelming support.
DuPage County
DuPage County had over 43,000 less votes in the Presidential in 2024 compared to 2020. Democrats had 36,030 fewer votes and Republicans 4,452 fewer votes.
Democrats expanded their control in county offices. They voted in White as auditor even though he failed in his duties. They voted in a nurse as coroner simply because she was a Democrat and voted out a surgeon who gained statewide recognition for his work on the opioid crisis. Competence didn’t matter, only party affiliation. Even the liberal Daily Herald endorsed both the Republicans in those races. But, voters don’t care about competence.
Democrats also expanded their majority on the DuPage County Board.
In Will, Kane and Lake – Democrats strengthened their positions, too.
Downstate, however, Republicans continued to perform well at the county level.
Local
Voters across DuPage, and perhaps elsewhere, voted for massively expensive school referendum, township mental health boards, and other referendum which will raise property taxes. This is despite property taxes being a top concern, schools having plenty of money already, and DuPage spending millions on a new mental health center negating the need for townships to get involved by being a pass through of tax money to non-profits with little oversight.
Trump’s Coalition
Trump created the biggest tent of all. He aligned Americans of diverse religions, races, economic status, occupations, heritage, and more to build a coalition that wanted America and their families to come first.
They knew they were getting taken advantage of by faraway politicians and elitist bureaucrats, media, mega-corporations, and globalists. They said enough is enough and realigned politics for at least a generation. The EIU letter below is just one more example of how out of touch higher education is. It is stories like these that will make regular Americans continue to reject the elitists and continue to look for candidates like Trump to support.
The Eastern Illinois University, Executive Director of Belonging, Access, & Engagement and Senior Diversity & Inclusion Officer put out the above note to students in the wake of the Trump victory.
He assures students they will still be respected and EIU will be there to “support one another through moments like these.”
EIU also offered post-election drop-in sessions for a listening ear and supportive resources.
This is the infantilization of higher education. ED John Blue should be fired along with the President of EIU if he approved this partisan attack on President-Elect Trump, insinuating that it is a troubling time for students.
These are the last people who would defend America from a foxhole. They are emasculated dopes who should have nothing to do with mentoring students.