Capitol Fax: Pritzker and the black vote

JB Pritzker had a strong victory in Tuesday's election. It's safe to say the general election in November will see two wealthy men face-off against each other so get ready for Gov. Bruce Rauner versus his challenger Pritzker. With those wiretaps that came out during the course of the primary with long ago conversations with former Gov. Rod Blagojevich proved to be controversial however, not enough to keep Black voters from choosing Pritzker.

Hence Rich Miller's post:

Pritzker and the black vote https://t.co/PKD7DiZaaK

— Rich Miller (@capitolfax) March 22, 2018

From Miller's post he shares a tweet that has graphics of who voted for whom in the Democrat primary on Tuesday across Chicago. Most of the areas that voted for Pritzker is safe to say are the mostly Black neighborhoods of Chicago.

In the Democratic primary, Chicago matched the statewide result almost exactly. Pritzker (blue) - 45%, Biss (purple) - 27%, Kennedy (green) - 24%. #ilgov #twill pic.twitter.com/e4rmRIePw7

— J. Miles Coleman (@JMilesColeman) March 21, 2018

Finally Miller pointed out the speech given by Pritzker's running mate 5th district state representative Julianna Stratton with some further analysis:

By my count, Pritzker won every African-American ward in Chicago by an average of 60.3 percent. He got 66 percent in three wards, 65 percent in one and 64 in two. His only plurality was in the 5th, where he scored 49 percent to Biss’ 26. He did just as well in African-American suburban townships and received 76 percent in East St. Louis.

Also, I gotta say that his running mate Juliana Stratton gave one of the most intense speeches I have seen in a while Tuesday night. She is a major asset to that ticket and not just with the black community. Click here to watch it. Very, very impressive.

I know this isn't the main race everyone is paying attention to, I just recognize that this is the big ticket race that will certainly get voters to polls in November. My prediction is that this will be a very negative race and Rauner will just poke Pritzker over his connection to state house speaker Michael Madigan. Question is whether or not this will resonate with voters...