ILLINOIS SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Wednesday January 25, 2006

Crosstabs for Ballot Questions

Crosstabs for Other Questions

Daily Snapshot

1* Now… thinking about the 2006 election for Governor of Illinois, suppose that Republicans nominate Ron Gidwitz and Democrats nominate Rod Blagojevich. If the election for Governor were held today, would you vote for Republican Ron Gidwitz or for Democrat Rod Blagojevich?

                                40% Gidwitz

40% Blagojevich 

                                  9% some other candidate

                                11% not sure

2* Fine… what if the Republicans nominate Judy Baar Topinka? If the election for Governor were held today, would you vote for Republican Judy Baar Topinka or for Democrat Rod Blagojevich?

48% Topinka

37% Blagojevich 

                                  7% some other candidate

                                  8% not sure

3* Okay… what if the Republicans nominate James Oberweis? If the election for Governor were held today, would you vote for Republican James Oberweis or for Democrat Rod Blagojevich?

39% Oberweis

43% Blagojevich 

                                  7% some other candidate

                                10% not sure

4* Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable impression of:

5* Some people say that there is a natural tension between protecting individual rights and national security. In the United States today, does our legal system worry too much about protecting individual rights, too much about protecting national security, or is the balance about right?

26% worry too much about protecting individual right

37%worry too much about protecting national security

29% the balance is about right

  8% not sure

6* Okay…how would you rate President Bush’s handling of the US economy…Excellent, good, fair, or poor?

13% excellent

22% good

23% fair

42% poor

                                  1% not sure

7* Overall, how would you rate President Bush’s handling of the situation in Iraq…Excellent, good, fair, or poor?

12% excellent

23% good

16% fair

49% poor

                                  1% not sure

8* Which is more important, getting American troops home as soon as possible or making sure that Iraq becomes a peaceful nation enjoying freedom and democracy?

45% getting troops home

43% making sure that Iraq becomes peaceful nation

12% not sure

9* When it comes to determining how you will vote in the U.S. Senate race this year, which issue is more important… immigration, or the situation in Iraq?

30% immigration

54% situation in Iraq

16% not sure

10* A proposal has been made to build a barrier along the U.S. - Mexican border. Do you favor or oppose building a barrier to help reduce illegal immigration?

                                55% favor

                                29% oppose

                                16% not sure

11* How would you rate the job George W. Bush has been doing as President… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?

                                27% strongly approve

                                17% somewhat approve

                                15% somewhat disapprove

                                40% strongly disapprove

                                  2% not sure

12* How would you rate the job Rod Blagojevich has been doing as Governor… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?

12% strongly approve

28% somewhat approve

28% somewhat disapprove 

31% strongly disapprove

                                  2% not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.