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What do the references "downstate conservatives" and "Donny" mean?
by murphysbooks 7y ago
What do the references "downstate conservatives" and "Donny" mean?
- qntty 7y agoDonny is just an example name like Joe Shmoe In Illinois, rich people live in Chicago ("upstate"), and tend to be more liberal, whereas rural folks downstate are conservative and less wealthy.
- brianzelip 7y ago"Downstate" means south of Chicago (which is located in the NE region of Illinois).
- deleted 7y ago[deleted]
- daveslash 7y agoAs others have said, downstate means "south" Illinois. I'd add that it also means rural, instead of urban (Chicago, in up-state). The term "downstate" can't be universally applied to mean rural though; if we were discussing the same situation in New York, we'd talk about "upstate Donny".