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Why You Voted

By Marcus Gilmer in News on Nov 6, 2008 4:25PM

As the monumental achievement of Tuesday night sinks in, we now can get reflective about what happened. And our friends over at The Windy Citizen have taken that one step further with an excellent look at Chicagoans' motivation for voting with their "Why I Voted" project. They spoke to 22 people from Evanston, Hyde Park, and the Loop as they cast their ballots to get their feelings on why they voted in this historic election. Stop by and take a gander at the results.