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Die Bewohner des Downstate-Kreises Ford in Illinois haben in einer nicht bindenden Volksabstimmung für die Abspaltung ihres Kreises von Cook County gestimmt. Laut einem Bericht von NBC Chicago stimmten über 80% der Wähler für die Trennung von dem bevölkerungsreichen Cook County, in dem sich die Stadt Chicago befindet.

Die Bewohner von Ford County, die sich oft von den Entscheidungen in Cook County benachteiligt fühlen, sehen die Abspaltung als Möglichkeit, ihre Interessen besser zu vertreten und unabhängiger von der Regierung in Chicago zu sein.

Obwohl die Abstimmung nicht bindend ist und keine unmittelbaren Auswirkungen hat, zeigt sie doch die Unzufriedenheit vieler Bewohner von Ford County mit der aktuellen politischen Situation. Es bleibt abzuwarten, ob weitere Schritte unternommen werden, um die Abspaltung von Cook County tatsächlich umzusetzen.

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