Champaign-Urbana Votes to Withdraw from Iraq and Impeach Bush-Cheney
Final results from the Champaign County Clerk's office, 100% of precincts reporting:
Withdraw US Troops from Iraq ("orderly and rapid"):
Yes No Champaign 9888 7104
58% 42%
Urbana 5729 3029
65% 35%
Champaign-Urbana
Yes No
15618 10134
61% 39%
Impeach Bush/Cheney for War, Torture, Illegal Surveillance:
Yes No Champaign 7877 9140
46% 54%
Urbana 5171 3614
59% 41%
Champaign-Urbana
13049 12755
50.6% 49.4%
Governor should resist deployment of Illinois National Guard to Iraq:
Yes No Urbana: 4812 3154
60% 40%
In many Republican precincts in Champaign - as judged by the vote in the Secretary of State's race - the majority voted in favor of withdrawal from Iraq. In 32 of Champaign's 38 precincts and in 22 of Urbana's 23 precincts a majority voted in favor of withdrawal.
As we were tallying the votes at the County building, Republican Rep. Tim Johnson gave a press conference on his victory in the Congressional election. He acknowledged that the US position in Iraq was a "quagmire" and that Americans would not tolerate the status quo for another two years.
In the spring the Urbana City Council passed a resolution in favor of withdrawal. At the time, peace activists claimed that the council was reflecting majority sentiment in Urbana. This completes the argument.
-Robert Naiman
-- Robert Naiman Just Foreign Policy www.justforeignpolicy.org