Black people in Chicago and surrounding suburbs don't vote. Especially young voters.

[Wildhundreds]

Only 1 in 5 Chicago Voters Cast Ballots in Primary, an 8-Year Low​

The sun was up when Chicago polls closed Tuesday — but voter turnout was not.

With the state’s first summertime primary election in decades — pushed back three months due to the delayed release of U.S. Census figures used to define voting districts — only about 1 in 5 registered Chicago voters cast a ballot by Tuesday evening, the lowest total since 2014.

That’s according to unofficial totals released by the Chicago Board of Elections, which reported a turnout rate of about 20%.

Voter participation typically plummets in midterm primary elections between presidential contests, but figures fell precipitously with a rare mid-year election in Illinois.

Illinois' primary Election Day is June 28. Get the NBC Chicago app for iOS or Android for the latest voters' guide and results.

The city turnout was about 33% in 2018, a rebound from the 2014 primary that saw less than 17% of registered voters cast a ballot.

That’s compared to 27% turnout for the city in the 2010 primary, and just over 32% in 2006.

Statewide turnout numbers weren’t available, but they often align with trends seen in Chicago.

Older voters were well represented in the nearly 300,000 Chicago ballots counted as of Tuesday evening. Residents in the 65-74 year-old age range cast 62,447 votes, the most of any age group, followed by the 55-64 group with 58,631 votes cast and the 75+ group with 43,380.

Only 10,760 Chicagoans between the ages of 18 and 24 cast a ballot, barely a quarter of any other group.

As for the 163,360 city residents who cast a ballot on Election Day — as opposed to a mail ballot or an early vote — the most popular time to vote was at the end of the work day. Just over 21,000 ballots were cast citywide in the 5 p.m. hour, more than any other. Another 19,718 voters made it in the final hour before polls closed at 7 p.m.


Nikkas in this city talk all that shyt, but don't fcking vote. I worked my election station for 12 hours yesterday and only 125 people walked through the door to vote. All but 2 (two) was under 50 years old. This city, especially black people, is so pathetic. Always complaining, but when its time to do something, they dont. Especially these woke young mfers. This city wack as fck. Can't wait to leave this dump.

 

[BaggerofTea]

The lack of proper educational infrastructure i.e basic civics is hurting us as a community.

 

[Micky Mikey]

When black boomers die out its a wrap. Too many young black potential voters are apathetic and don't appreciate the sacrifices it took for us to be able to vote in the first place.

 

[UpNext]

Yeah my grandparents lived in South Holland and racist white "Republicans" (they call themselves something else) somehow run that city. It's because we move around so much out there I think.

 

[Wildhundreds]

Yeah my grandparents lived in South Holland and racist white "Republicans" (they call themselves something else) somehow run that city. It's because we move around so much out there I think.

South Holland is ran mostly by black people now. Maybe 20+ years ago that was the case. But even still Dolton, Riverdale, Harvey, Calumet city and all those other black suburbs thats right by South Holland dropped the ball badly.

 

[Wildhundreds]

When black boomers die out its a wrap. Too many young black potential voters are apathetic and don't appreciate the sacrifices it took for us to be able to vote in the first place.

I cannot believe this low turn out on the heels of Roe v Wade overturn and the gay pride rally over the weekend. They all was talking this "we must vote" bullshyt and didn't even do it. This is extremely concerning and pathetic.

 

[Seoul Gleou]

guarantee if you incentivize voting by offering social media clout or imaginary points, they'll do it

right now there's no incentive for young people to vote. they don't respond to fear mongering

 

[Wildhundreds]

guarantee if you incentivize voting by offering social media clout or imaginary points, they'll do it

right now there's no incentive for young people to vote. they don't respond to fear mongering

But they'll burn the city down if something don't go their way though. If you can spend hours setting shyt on fire because you're upset, then you can cast a ballot in less than 5 minutes, because Cook County Illinois don't have long voting problems like red ran states. And people claim lack of information in the peak of the information age. These same people was able to get the information to hustle PPP money. I know this because i know a lot of these poeple and they know how to get information to hustle. But won't use that same energy to get engaged in the political process that affects them.

Bottom line, people don't give a damn until it's too late and are full of excuses.

 

[Wildhundreds]

Danny Davis*	34,973	52.2%
Kina Collins	30,447	45.4

Danny K. Davis, left, and Kina Collins.Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago; Sarah Matheson

CHICAGO — Longtime U.S. Rep. Danny K. Davis faced a strong challenge Tuesday night from anti-gun activist Kina Collins before eventually emerging to win a clear path to another term in Congress.
With 95 percent of precincts counted, the veteran congressman led Collins 52 percent to 45 percent, according to unofficial results. Davis was declared the winner by AP shortly before midnight.
It was a huge swing from Collins’ last run against the 80-year-old Davis. She took him on in 2020 but got just 14 percent of the vote.
But this time, Collins, 31, was backed by a series of national progressive groups and won the fundraising battle. It allowed her to run television ads, the first time a Davis challenger has been able to do that since he first was elected in 1996.
Collins, former executive director of the One Aim Illinois a gun violence prevention group, was ahead in fundraising by more than $150,000 at last count, with money coming in from national progressive groups including Justice Democrats, climate activism group the Sunrise Movement and the National Organization for Women
Davis got a late boost from President Joe Biden, who endorsed the congressman Sunday morning as “an effective leader.”
The 7th Congressional District is a Democratic stronghold that includes Chicago’s West Side and the suburbs of Bellwood, Forest Park, Oak Park, Maywood and Westchester. It’s lean so far to the Democrats, there were no Republicans in Tuesday’s primary, virtually assuring the winning Democrat will be elected in the fall’s general election.
Collins saw strong support in the suburbs, getting 55 percent of the vote.
Davis led in Chicago, with 57 percent of the vote to Collins’ 40 percent, with the third member of the race, Denarvis C. Mendenhall, taking just 3 percent, with 83 percent of precincts counted

In a city with 800,000 black people, and all the surrounding suburbs that are also mostly black, Only 70k votes was cast ?!!!
This dude Danny Davis is 80 fcking years old, running against a millennial black woman. She could've cleaned this old dude clock hadnikkas showed up and voted.


You see why Chicago if F*CKED up now!!! Our black leaders are stupid bootlickers. And the constituents don't give a shyt. This is infuriating.

 

[Dipsey Doo]

No incentive to vote, if you don’t feel anything changes

 

[@OffHalsted]

Gotta bring back Larry Hoover/GD Tactics when it comes to voting

 

[UpNext]

South Holland is ran mostly by black people now. Maybe 20+ years ago that was the case. But even still Dolton, Riverdale, Harvey, Calumet city and all those other black suburbs thats right by South Holland dropped the ball badly.

Mayor Don A. De Graff | Village Of South Holland

www.southholland.org

That's the mayor. You won't find any info on his political affiliation because he a republican. My cousin works for the village in their accounting department. Most these cacs you see in high seats like that in the village political affiliation is listed as some weird shyt (or not at all) because of that.

 

[Mowgli]

No incentive to vote, if you don’t feel anything changes

Plenty of incentive if you know how to create laws.


Can't wait on a hug from the white man because it's not coming.

 

[CrimsonTider]

No incentive to vote, if you don’t feel anything changes

There’s nothing but incentives if you look around

 

[Micky Mikey]

I cannot believe this low turn out on the heels of Roe v Wade overturn and the gay pride rally over the weekend. They all was talking this "we must vote" bullshyt and didn't even do it. This is extremely concerning and pathetic.

You're right. Its deeply concerning because there is an entire voting group that not only seeks to maintain the status quo but make conditions extraordinarily worse for us. And I think it goes much deeper than not having good progressive candidates on the ballot. There is a sense of apathy and nihilism that is reinforced in the culture.

I have spoken to people in my age group (early 30s) and the level of igorance concerning basic civics is mind blowing. You can preach to them for hours about the importance of participating in the voting process and on the day of they'll have a thousand more important things to do. It just isn't an important priority to them.

Sadly I think we're going to have to hit rock bottom in this country for people to get engaged. People don't realize just how bad things can get but its coming. And by then it may be too late to turn things around.