Connie Cain used her CPA skills to look at what happened in Kane County’s April Fool’s Day Elections:
“I’ve attached a spreadsheet with the election results. It has two tabs.
“The first tab is Permanent vote-by-mail enrollment broken down by party.
“The Democrats have 18,256, the Republicans have 8,818, and the Nonpartisans have 9,875.
“These ballots had a 50% return rate for both parties, but the nonpartisan return rate was slightly lower.
My argument is that Republicans lost the election on 3/7/25, the day Permanent vote-by-mail ballots were mailed out.
“Kane County had an overall turnout rate of 22.69%, but permanent vote-by-mail ballots have a return rate that is twice as high.
On 3/7/25, the Republicans were already about 4,500 votes behind the Democrats and had less than 30 days to catch up.
“The task is impossible, and the Democrats win every time.”
Looking at Kane County GOP Election Loses and Replacement Possibilities for Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi Should He Run for Durbin’s Seat - McHenry County Blog
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