Thread by @WillGuzzardi

Got my GIS on this morning.

Presenting:

"Whatever Happened To The Lakefront Liberals? The 2020 Election In Maps."

Tl;dr — they're still liberal, unless it has to do with wealth inequality or criminal justice reform...

Let's start by looking at the results for Joe Biden, who won 86% citywide. Broke 90% across the majority-Black South and West sides, cleared 80% most everywhere, only lost in a few of the most conservative corners of the city (Dunning, Midway, Mt Greenwood)

Two other races: the Fair Tax (71% citywide) and Kim Foxx (64%).

Interesting comparisons here: Fair Tax was >90% almost nowhere. Kim broke 90% across the South Side, but lost in wider swaths of the North and Northwest Side.

Also notice the lakefront lighting up red... uh-oh.

I was curious: where was the pro-Biden / anti-Foxx / anti-Fair Tax voter?

The don't-tax-the-rich, anti-criminal justice reform Democrat?

You guessed it: downtown, River North, Lincoln Park.

Pro-Biden / anti-Foxx voters existed elsewhere, sure.

But that Fair Tax map.... wow.

Louder for the people in the back. This is a map of people who said "Yes I want a Democratic president, but hell no you're not gonna raise taxes on the rich."

I think some would call them "the libs"

Let's zoom in. The conservative 39th Ward. (Sauganash, North Park, etc.)

No huge surprises here: Biden, Foxx, and Fair Tax all way below their citywide average. Fair Tax carried nicely in the ward's more liberal east end though.

Note that the three maps are broadly similar.

How about the 19th Ward? Huge conservative bloc in Mt Greenwood. Again unsurprisingly, way below citywide averages in that area. Voters east of Western carried the ward for Biden. But the maps are all broadly similar. Red in middle, blue on right.

So here's the kicker: the 43rd Ward, Lincoln Park.

Biden is at or above his citywide averages in most places. This is not Trump country.

But Kim and the Fair Tax got absolutely clobbered here.

I guess these folks are still "liberal" in the sense of, like, thinking Trump is disgusting.

But the two most potent issues for our party — fighting wealth inequality and transforming a broken justice system — were on the ballot this year. And the lakefront took a hard pass.