In the wake of Donald Trump’s national victory and his losing margin dropping to 11 points in Illinois from 17 in two prior races, state legislative Democrats have different views on how their party should proceed.

If a company must hire workers in order to stay in business, it should pay those people the minimum wage. That seems like basic fairness.

Altogether it’s clear more than half of participating Illinoisans are voting outside conventional Election Day precinct polling places.