In the 70's Western Illinois tried tongue in cheek to form a new state named "Forgotonia." It was a protest against Springfield ignoring the economic health and well-being of that part of the state. This is more of the political reality that we can never out-vote liberal Chicago. This is why the Electoral College is so important nationally.

Although I am all for a second state carved from Illinois, another part of the problem is collage students, who primarily come from the Shitcongoland area, should vote in their hometowns, not the University towns the live in for 4 years, fucking up the lives of the residents through congressional apportionment and other local elections.