How Powerful is the McHenry County Republican Party?

The song

Where did all the flowers go?
Long time passing.

is running through my head as I ask the question:

How Powerful is the McHenry County Republican Party?

The $18,000 McHenry County Conservation District 500-person survey taken the third week of May by American Viewpoint paints a sad picture for the Republican Party in McHenry County.

There are now more people who identify themselves as Independents than Republicans!

30% say they are “Independents,” while only 28% say they are Republicans.

Republicans still outnumber Democrats by 8 percentage points:

28% – Republican
20% – Democrat

but that has to be small consolation to Republican leaders.

Besides the 48% who identify with the two power parties and the 30% who call themselves Independents, what happened to the other 22% of the citizenry?

13% replied, “Other.”

Does that mean Libertarian, Green or just a voter who didn’t want to tell a pollster?

7% refused to answer the question and 2% said they didn’t know.

So, what does “other” mean?

The better question, perhaps, is

Why is a local government is asking for party identification?

If memory serves me correctly, members of the MCCD Board cannot have a partisan affiliation.

On McHenry County Blog now, “At Least No One Is Talking About His Running for President.”

Friday?  The Chicago Tribune legislative questionnaire and how I answered their 2002 gubernatorial questionnaire.  Saturday?  Same for the Sun-Times.


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