Prez candidates take note: Winning in IL could be key to national victory

There's a great little piece today in the Canton Daily Ledger that explains why moving the Primary date up to February 5 will make Illinois one of the states presidential candidates will pay the closest attention to over the next year.  Winning Illinois and its demographical makeup could be the key to winning the nation:

The closest voting in Illinois and the U.S. during the 1920-1980 elections was in 1950. In Illinois Eisenhower received 50 percent of the votes cast and in the U.S. He received 49.51 percent -- less than one-half of a percentage point. The way Illinois votes is the way the nation's voters cast their ballots. Illinois is the All American State!

Link: Canton Daily Ledger - News.