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Originally Posted by iheartthed
Maybe the state of South Illinois can be created when they add the state of the District of Columbia.
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well, given that the US Constitution is pretty clear on this matter, combined with the fact that the democrats hold super-majorities in both houses of the IL state legislature, i'm afraid that our downstate friends will not be getting their "New Illinois" anytime soon, regardless of how many county referendums they might pass.
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New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the Junction of two or more States, or Parts of States, without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress
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source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...tion_proposals
this is just how it is.
IL is one of the few interior states with a city so massive and dominant that urban voices utterly swamp the rural/small-town voters of the state.
in other states, like Indiana for example, it is the rural/small town voices that completely overwhelm the urban voters of the state.
downstate illinoisians don't have to like it, but they will eventually have to accept it at some point.
alternatively, they can also leave the state, which is in fact happening:
Illinois 2010: 12,830,632
Illinois 2020: 12,812,508
growth: -18,124 (−0.1%)
9 Chicago MSA counties in IL 2010: 8,586,609
9 Chicago MSA counties in IL 2020: 8,730,688
growth: +144,079 (+1.7%)
the rest of IL 2010: 4,244,023
the rest of IL 2020: 4,081,820
growth: -162,203 (−3.8%)
chicagoland's modest growth is the only thing keeping IL barely treading water, while downstate is really struggling.