by TKO | Mar 7, 2019 | Analysis, Blog, Cities
(co-authored with Katherine Amelia Conte and Jaime Dominguez) Chicago’s political order was upended in last week’s mayoral primary ushering in a historic and potential new era in Chicago’s racially polarized landscape and vaunted Democratic political machine. First,...
by Katherine Conte | Feb 22, 2019 | Blog
The City of Chicago is currently in the midst of the most competitive and diverse aldermanic election yet. Only four incumbents are going unchallenged—compared to 2015 when six seats went unchallenged and 2011 when seven seats went unchallenged. The bigger story,...
by Jacob Wu | Feb 10, 2019 | Blog, Maps
(With Tom Ogorzalek) Politics is awash in money these days, and the 2019 Chicago mayor’s race is no exception. The Illinois Board of Elections requires that candidates report on their campaign contributions, and examining data from their database reveals a...
by Katherine Conte | Nov 6, 2018 | Blog, Maps
JB Pritzker currently leads Bruce Rauner, the Republican incumbent, by ten points or more in every single poll (Check: Here). Although polls have fallen from their good graces, a ten point lead is not something for Democrats to lose sleep over. Whether or not Pritzker...
by TKO | Sep 25, 2018 | Blog, Maps
Last week, friend of the CDP Sally Nuamah wrote this insightful piece about the politics of school closures for the Washington Post Monkey Cage blog about the reasons Mayor Rahm Emanuel ultimately chose not to pursue a third term (to be fair, Emanuel has not publicly...
by TKO | Sep 11, 2018 | Blog, Cities
Cities are high-maintenance places, where the demand for governance often outstrips the resources available to make it work. Amy Liu, of the Brookings Institution, reminds us of this important point in her post on CityLab: “Urging city leaders to go it alone...
