(More phenomenal work from jeffmd - promoted by James L.)
If I lived a few miles south, I'd live smack in the middle of Illinois' 5th Congressional District.
Given that 12 candidates were running in the election on Tuesday - and that Quigley won with no more than 25% of the vote, I wanted to take a detailed look at the results by precinct.
A few Saturdays ago, I was running errands in Ravenswood. As I rode the Brown Line south towards the Loop, I noticed a distinct pattern in yard (or perhaps more accurately, window) signs - each neighborhood had the majority of signs supporting one candidate. North-South, they roughly went O'Connor, then Fritchey, then Quigley, then Feigenholtz.
So using the results available from the Chicago BoE, I tried to see if these yard signs were actually reflective. I also look at if each candidate did better in the district (whether State House, County Commissioner, or City Ward) that they represented.
I only got around to analyzing results within the city of Chicago though. Illinois (go figure) establishes separate election authorities for the City of Chicago and Suburban Cook County, and the Cook Suburbs didn't give me the requisite shapefiles to play with.
So, here's the goody that I think we're all waiting for: the winner by precinct (within the City of Chicago).
More maps and results below the flip.
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