Crosstabs for Ballot Questions
Crosstabs for Other Questions
Crosstabs for Vote For or Against
| Illinois Survey of 500 Likely Voters | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conducted October 10, 2006 by Rasmussen Reports | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | Party | Ideology | Governor | Government Corruption | Gender | Age | Income | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Voters | GOP | Dem | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not Sure | Topinka (R) | Blagojevich (D) | Whitney | Other | Not Sure | Very Important | Somewhat Important | Not Very Important | Not at All Important | Not Sure | Men | Women | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | Under 20k | 20k-40k | 40k-60k | 60k-75k | 75k-100k | 100k+ | Not Sure | ||
| Economy | Very Important | 70% | 65% | 82% | 56% | 62% | 76% | 70% | 87% | 63% | 74% | 89% | 74% | 59% | 74% | 62% | 61% | 44% | 12% | 66% | 73% | 69% | 70% | 72% | 70% | 66% | 81% | 73% | 60% | 69% | 67% | 71% | 65% |
| Somewhat Important | 27% | 30% | 16% | 37% | 33% | 23% | 25% | 13% | 33% | 22% | 10% | 26% | 41% | 23% | 35% | 36% | 26% | 88% | 30% | 24% | 28% | 26% | 23% | 27% | 31% | 16% | 23% | 36% | 31% | 26% | 26% | 30% | |
| Not Very Important | 2% | 3% | 1% | 3% | 3% | 0% | 4% | 0% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 3% | 19% | 0% | 3% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 7% | 2% | 4% | |
| Not at All Important | 1% | 1% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 2% | 0% | 10% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 2% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | |
| Not Sure | 1% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | |
| Total | Party | Ideology | Governor | Government Corruption | Gender | Age | Income | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Voters | GOP | Dem | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not Sure | Topinka (R) | Blagojevich (D) | Whitney | Other | Not Sure | Very Important | Somewhat Important | Not Very Important | Not at All Important | Not Sure | Men | Women | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | Under 20k | 20k-40k | 40k-60k | 60k-75k | 75k-100k | 100k+ | Not Sure | ||
| National Security Issues | Very Important | 74% | 88% | 69% | 66% | 88% | 72% | 61% | 41% | 86% | 64% | 53% | 93% | 90% | 79% | 70% | 52% | 41% | 25% | 71% | 77% | 79% | 65% | 66% | 82% | 83% | 69% | 72% | 87% | 68% | 67% | 73% | 86% |
| Somewhat Important | 17% | 10% | 17% | 24% | 9% | 17% | 28% | 0% | 10% | 22% | 17% | 7% | 10% | 12% | 22% | 38% | 13% | 75% | 18% | 16% | 16% | 19% | 22% | 14% | 11% | 15% | 14% | 9% | 23% | 23% | 21% | 13% | |
| Not Very Important | 6% | 2% | 9% | 5% | 2% | 7% | 5% | 59% | 4% | 6% | 30% | 0% | 0% | 6% | 3% | 9% | 19% | 0% | 10% | 2% | 3% | 12% | 8% | 2% | 3% | 10% | 10% | 2% | 6% | 5% | 5% | 1% | |
| Not at All Important | 3% | 0% | 4% | 4% | 0% | 4% | 5% | 0% | 0% | 6% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 27% | 0% | 1% | 4% | 3% | 5% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 3% | 4% | 1% | 1% | 5% | 1% | 0% | |
| Not Sure | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Total | Party | Ideology | Governor | Government Corruption | Gender | Age | Income | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Voters | GOP | Dem | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not Sure | Topinka (R) | Blagojevich (D) | Whitney | Other | Not Sure | Very Important | Somewhat Important | Not Very Important | Not at All Important | Not Sure | Men | Women | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | Under 20k | 20k-40k | 40k-60k | 60k-75k | 75k-100k | 100k+ | Not Sure | ||
| Cultural Issues | Very Important | 44% | 60% | 41% | 29% | 56% | 34% | 40% | 91% | 52% | 36% | 60% | 37% | 51% | 45% | 45% | 41% | 33% | 13% | 43% | 45% | 58% | 42% | 41% | 41% | 48% | 54% | 45% | 40% | 54% | 46% | 33% | 46% |
| Somewhat Important | 27% | 21% | 23% | 40% | 24% | 28% | 30% | 9% | 22% | 30% | 25% | 50% | 25% | 28% | 23% | 26% | 13% | 44% | 25% | 28% | 25% | 24% | 29% | 28% | 30% | 32% | 18% | 31% | 22% | 22% | 34% | 32% | |
| Not Very Important | 19% | 14% | 22% | 19% | 14% | 28% | 13% | 0% | 19% | 20% | 15% | 13% | 8% | 19% | 15% | 21% | 0% | 43% | 19% | 18% | 12% | 25% | 18% | 17% | 15% | 5% | 25% | 18% | 19% | 21% | 21% | 14% | |
| Not at All Important | 9% | 6% | 10% | 11% | 6% | 8% | 15% | 0% | 6% | 12% | 0% | 0% | 9% | 7% | 11% | 10% | 54% | 0% | 11% | 7% | 5% | 8% | 11% | 11% | 6% | 7% | 9% | 8% | 5% | 11% | 10% | 4% | |
| Not Sure | 2% | 0% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 3% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 8% | 0% | 6% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 4% | |
| Total | Party | Ideology | Governor | Government Corruption | Gender | Age | Income | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Voters | GOP | Dem | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not Sure | Topinka (R) | Blagojevich (D) | Whitney | Other | Not Sure | Very Important | Somewhat Important | Not Very Important | Not at All Important | Not Sure | Men | Women | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | Under 20k | 20k-40k | 40k-60k | 60k-75k | 75k-100k | 100k+ | Not Sure | ||
| Domestic Issues | Very Important | 70% | 54% | 83% | 71% | 58% | 72% | 83% | 78% | 54% | 82% | 92% | 100% | 56% | 74% | 70% | 40% | 70% | 44% | 65% | 75% | 71% | 67% | 67% | 72% | 76% | 93% | 73% | 68% | 69% | 65% | 67% | 48% |
| Somewhat Important | 25% | 38% | 16% | 25% | 32% | 25% | 16% | 22% | 36% | 17% | 8% | 0% | 44% | 22% | 27% | 51% | 0% | 43% | 28% | 23% | 26% | 29% | 26% | 23% | 21% | 5% | 25% | 26% | 28% | 33% | 24% | 48% | |
| Not Very Important | 3% | 3% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 5% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 2% | 5% | 0% | 0% | 4% | 1% | 3% | 3% | 5% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 2% | 4% | 4% | 0% | 4% | 4% | |
| Not at All Important | 1% | 3% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 4% | 10% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 3% | 0% | |
| Not Sure | 1% | 2% | 0% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 19% | 13% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 2% | 2% | 1% | |
| Total | Party | Ideology | Governor | Government Corruption | Gender | Age | Income | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Voters | GOP | Dem | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not Sure | Topinka (R) | Blagojevich (D) | Whitney | Other | Not Sure | Very Important | Somewhat Important | Not Very Important | Not at All Important | Not Sure | Men | Women | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | Under 20k | 20k-40k | 40k-60k | 60k-75k | 75k-100k | 100k+ | Not Sure | ||
| Immigration | Very Important | 49% | 57% | 48% | 39% | 58% | 51% | 33% | 27% | 54% | 45% | 38% | 63% | 46% | 53% | 44% | 29% | 33% | 0% | 53% | 45% | 44% | 47% | 41% | 51% | 66% | 52% | 54% | 54% | 50% | 45% | 43% | 46% |
| Somewhat Important | 30% | 31% | 26% | 34% | 31% | 26% | 34% | 14% | 33% | 28% | 10% | 26% | 39% | 29% | 30% | 34% | 0% | 87% | 30% | 30% | 28% | 24% | 37% | 32% | 26% | 25% | 24% | 32% | 32% | 32% | 31% | 41% | |
| Not Very Important | 16% | 9% | 19% | 21% | 8% | 17% | 22% | 59% | 11% | 18% | 53% | 11% | 6% | 14% | 15% | 32% | 13% | 0% | 13% | 19% | 23% | 23% | 17% | 10% | 6% | 21% | 14% | 9% | 17% | 20% | 17% | 8% | |
| Not at All Important | 3% | 1% | 4% | 5% | 1% | 2% | 9% | 0% | 0% | 6% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 8% | 4% | 27% | 0% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 3% | 5% | 3% | 0% | 3% | 4% | 1% | 0% | 2% | 6% | 4% | |
| Not Sure | 2% | 3% | 3% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 0% | 2% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 8% | 2% | 3% | 0% | 27% | 13% | 2% | 3% | 0% | 4% | 0% | 4% | 1% | 0% | 5% | 3% | 0% | 0% | 4% | 1% | |
| Total | Party | Ideology | Governor | Government Corruption | Gender | Age | Income | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Voters | GOP | Dem | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not Sure | Topinka (R) | Blagojevich (D) | Whitney | Other | Not Sure | Very Important | Somewhat Important | Not Very Important | Not at All Important | Not Sure | Men | Women | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | Under 20k | 20k-40k | 40k-60k | 60k-75k | 75k-100k | 100k+ | Not Sure | ||
| Government Corruption | Very Important | 70% | 67% | 71% | 70% | 68% | 74% | 63% | 100% | 68% | 68% | 88% | 93% | 82% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 73% | 66% | 65% | 63% | 63% | 74% | 85% | 75% | 77% | 77% | 70% | 61% | 56% | 72% |
| Somewhat Important | 20% | 23% | 19% | 19% | 18% | 21% | 22% | 0% | 21% | 21% | 12% | 0% | 16% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 16% | 24% | 17% | 24% | 28% | 17% | 12% | 17% | 19% | 15% | 17% | 26% | 30% | 13% | |
| Not Very Important | 8% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 11% | 3% | 13% | 0% | 9% | 10% | 0% | 7% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 10% | 7% | 18% | 11% | 8% | 5% | 3% | 6% | 3% | 8% | 11% | 12% | 11% | 14% | |
| Not at All Important | 1% | 2% | 0% | 1% | 2% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 1% | 2% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 0% | |
| Not Sure | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 1% | |
| Total | Party | Ideology | Governor | Government Corruption | Gender | Age | Income | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Voters | GOP | Dem | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not Sure | Topinka (R) | Blagojevich (D) | Whitney | Other | Not Sure | Very Important | Somewhat Important | Not Very Important | Not at All Important | Not Sure | Men | Women | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | Under 20k | 20k-40k | 40k-60k | 60k-75k | 75k-100k | 100k+ | Not Sure | ||
| Ever Vote for Candidate--Raise Taxes | Yes | 43% | 31% | 45% | 53% | 29% | 44% | 62% | 13% | 33% | 54% | 35% | 7% | 25% | 38% | 55% | 55% | 40% | 43% | 42% | 44% | 37% | 46% | 36% | 47% | 40% | 24% | 29% | 38% | 35% | 59% | 69% | 35% |
| No | 36% | 48% | 34% | 24% | 50% | 34% | 23% | 0% | 47% | 28% | 21% | 26% | 43% | 38% | 30% | 31% | 60% | 12% | 42% | 31% | 49% | 36% | 39% | 29% | 39% | 42% | 52% | 38% | 40% | 24% | 24% | 27% | |
| Not Sure | 21% | 21% | 20% | 22% | 21% | 22% | 15% | 87% | 21% | 18% | 44% | 67% | 32% | 24% | 14% | 13% | 0% | 44% | 16% | 25% | 14% | 18% | 25% | 24% | 22% | 34% | 19% | 24% | 24% | 16% | 7% | 38% | |
| Total | Party | Ideology | Governor | Government Corruption | Gender | Age | Income | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Voters | GOP | Dem | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not Sure | Topinka (R) | Blagojevich (D) | Whitney | Other | Not Sure | Very Important | Somewhat Important | Not Very Important | Not at All Important | Not Sure | Men | Women | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | Under 20k | 20k-40k | 40k-60k | 60k-75k | 75k-100k | 100k+ | Not Sure | ||
| Ever Vote for Candidate--Change Social Security | Yes | 52% | 63% | 39% | 57% | 61% | 49% | 46% | 17% | 64% | 43% | 35% | 26% | 59% | 49% | 56% | 71% | 33% | 43% | 61% | 44% | 62% | 70% | 52% | 41% | 31% | 25% | 43% | 47% | 52% | 68% | 77% | 45% |
| No | 27% | 17% | 39% | 22% | 19% | 30% | 33% | 59% | 18% | 34% | 57% | 33% | 5% | 29% | 25% | 14% | 51% | 12% | 25% | 29% | 30% | 17% | 20% | 32% | 46% | 51% | 41% | 29% | 23% | 12% | 8% | 26% | |
| Not Sure | 21% | 21% | 21% | 21% | 20% | 22% | 21% | 24% | 18% | 23% | 8% | 41% | 36% | 22% | 19% | 15% | 17% | 44% | 14% | 27% | 9% | 13% | 28% | 28% | 23% | 24% | 16% | 24% | 26% | 21% | 15% | 29% | |
| Total | Party | Ideology | Governor | Government Corruption | Gender | Age | Income | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Voters | GOP | Dem | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not Sure | Topinka (R) | Blagojevich (D) | Whitney | Other | Not Sure | Very Important | Somewhat Important | Not Very Important | Not at All Important | Not Sure | Men | Women | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | Under 20k | 20k-40k | 40k-60k | 60k-75k | 75k-100k | 100k+ | Not Sure | ||
| Bring Troops Home from Iraq Within Year | Yes | 49% | 20% | 76% | 46% | 30% | 52% | 70% | 78% | 24% | 72% | 54% | 24% | 41% | 52% | 44% | 36% | 70% | 87% | 38% | 59% | 46% | 45% | 48% | 55% | 48% | 70% | 54% | 46% | 42% | 37% | 46% | 46% |
| No | 32% | 57% | 13% | 31% | 49% | 32% | 10% | 22% | 56% | 13% | 19% | 43% | 35% | 30% | 37% | 45% | 30% | 0% | 43% | 23% | 38% | 35% | 35% | 28% | 28% | 14% | 30% | 33% | 45% | 40% | 34% | 30% | |
| Not Sure | 18% | 22% | 12% | 23% | 21% | 15% | 21% | 0% | 20% | 16% | 27% | 33% | 25% | 18% | 19% | 19% | 0% | 13% | 18% | 18% | 16% | 20% | 17% | 17% | 24% | 17% | 16% | 21% | 12% | 23% | 19% | 24% | |
| Total | Party | Ideology | Governor | Government Corruption | Gender | Age | Income | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Voters | GOP | Dem | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not Sure | Topinka (R) | Blagojevich (D) | Whitney | Other | Not Sure | Very Important | Somewhat Important | Not Very Important | Not at All Important | Not Sure | Men | Women | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | Under 20k | 20k-40k | 40k-60k | 60k-75k | 75k-100k | 100k+ | Not Sure | ||
| Control of Senate | Republican | 41% | 92% | 11% | 22% | 77% | 29% | 7% | 63% | 77% | 8% | 45% | 26% | 62% | 40% | 39% | 45% | 60% | 43% | 47% | 35% | 33% | 42% | 48% | 35% | 49% | 34% | 42% | 39% | 46% | 43% | 39% | 49% |
| Democrat | 53% | 7% | 87% | 60% | 18% | 63% | 89% | 24% | 19% | 86% | 47% | 63% | 9% | 53% | 55% | 46% | 40% | 57% | 47% | 58% | 64% | 53% | 43% | 58% | 44% | 54% | 56% | 54% | 49% | 51% | 57% | 38% | |
| Not Sure | 6% | 2% | 2% | 18% | 6% | 8% | 4% | 13% | 4% | 7% | 8% | 11% | 29% | 6% | 6% | 8% | 0% | 0% | 5% | 7% | 2% | 5% | 9% | 7% | 7% | 12% | 3% | 7% | 5% | 7% | 4% | 13% | |