Here's Where DuPage Voters Backed Progressive Tax

ELMHURST, IL — The state went for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, but rejected the Democrat-supported progressive tax amendment. The same went for DuPage County.

Statewide, about 55 percent of voters rejected the amendment. In DuPage County, it was 57 percent, according to unofficial results. Early votes are still being counted, but the group pushing the amendment has conceded defeat.

While the vast majority of DuPage precincts voted against the amendment, pockets of the county supported it. And a trend could be found: Areas with lower median household incomes tended to back the amendment.

The amendment would have ended the state's flat tax and allowed graduated tax rates. If the amendment had passed, legislation would have taken effect increasing taxes for those making more than $250,000 while letting everyone else's rates fall or stay the same.

Precincts in towns with relatively low median household incomes such as Bensenville ($61,660), Wood Dale ($67,791), Villa Park ($71,918) and Glendale Heights ($65,756) supported the proposal.

Wealthier places such as Elmhurst ($113,207), Hinsdale ($188,684), Clarendon Hills ($126,500), Burr Ridge ($144,609), Darien ($90,904) and Naperville ($118,187) rejected the idea.

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