ILLINOIS SURVEY of 500 likely voters
Tuesday October 10, 2006
Crosstabs for Ballot Questions
Crosstabs for Other Questions
Crosstabs for Vote For or Against
1* If the election for Governor were held today, would you vote for Republican Judy Baar Topinka or for Democrat Rod Blagojevich?
43% Topinka
49% Blagojevich
3% Whitney
1% some other candidate
3% not sure
WITH LEANERS
43% Topinka
50% Blagojevich
3% Whitney
1% some other candidate
2% not sure
BREAKDOWN
45% Total Topinka
24% Certain Topinka
11% Topinka
8% Lean Topinka
50% Total Blagojevich
29% Certain Blagojevich
13% Blagojevich
8% Lean Blagojevich
3% Whitney
0% Some Other Candidate
2% Not Sure
2* Is your vote primarily a vote for a candidate or against his opponent?
Topinka voters
28% for Topinka
60% against Blagojevich
13% not sure
Blagojevich voters
51% for Blagojevich
38% against Topinka
11% not sure
3* Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable impression of:
|
|
Blagojevich |
Topinka |
Whitney |
|
Very favorable |
13% |
8% |
4% |
|
Somewhat favorable |
26% |
30% |
20% |
|
Somewhat unfavorable |
28% |
28% |
17% |
|
Very unfavorable |
31% |
31% |
9% |
|
Not sure |
1% |
4% |
50% |
4* Okay… I’m going to read you a short list of issues in the news today. For each, please let me know how important it will be in terms of how you will vote this November—first—the economy.
70% very important
27% somewhat important
2% not very important
1% not at all important
1% not sure
5* Next… the national security issues like the War in Iraq and the War on
Terror…
74% very important
17% somewhat important
6% not very important
3% not at all important
1% not sure
6* Okay… cultural issues like abortion, same sex marriage, and family values
44% very important
27% somewhat important
19% not very important
9% not at all important
2% not sure
7* Fine… domestic issues like education, health care, and social security
70% very important
25% somewhat important
3% not very important
1% not at all important
1% not sure
8* Great… what about immigration
49% very important
30% somewhat important
16% not very important
3% not at all important
2% not sure
9* Last one… reigning in government corruption…
70% very important
20% somewhat important
8% not very important
1% not at all important
0% not sure
10* Would you ever consider voting for a candidate who said he would raise
taxes?
43% yes
36% no
21% not sure
11* Would you ever consider voting for a candidate who said he would consider changes to Social Security?
52% yes
27% no
21% not sure
12* Should all American troops in Iraq be brought home within a year?
49% yes
32% no
18% not sure
13* Finally, suppose that your vote determined which political party wins control of the United States Senate this year. Would you vote for the Republican Party or the Democratic Party?
41% Republican
53% Democratic
6% not sure
13* 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
16% somewhat approve
9% somewhat disapprove
47% strongly disapprove
1% not sure
14* 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
26% somewhat approve
29% somewhat disapprove
32% strongly disapprove
2% not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.