I'm just gonna start investing in water stocks at this point.
I think we're especially well-suited because of our water resources—the Great Lakes are an extremely valuable asset. We just emerged from the worst drought in 90 years, but we didn't even have lawn irrigation restrictions put in place. And here in West Michigan, the lake also mitigates a lot of severe weather (the number of bad storms in Chicago that are mere whimpers by the time they reach us...).
Edit: for context, this redistricting happened in 2011
Edit 2: I will happily walk back my first sentence to “purple”; however, the impact of partisan redistricting has been made repeatedly clear as Republicans in the state legislature significantly over perform in capturing seats vs statewide voter count. I will also add that I believe the problem here is partisan gerrymandering, not specifically that Republicans over-perform. Partisan gerrymandering is explicitly anti-democratic whether it is taking place in Wisconsin or New York.
Not sure how you can say that. Trump won Wisconsin in 2016, and Biden just barely won Wisconsin in 2020. Democratic Governor Tony Evers squeaked out a 1% victory in 2018 over Scott Walker. His reelection margin last year was a little higher at 3%, but Republican Senator Ron Johnson also won reelection last year by 1%. These were all statewide races, where redistricting was irrelevant.
It's a quintessential swing state.
Chicago was 6 months of winter this last year. Hate to see how it used to be.