ILLINOIS SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Sunday October 15, 2006

1* If the election for Governor were held today, would you vote for Republican Judy Baar Topinka or for Democrat Rod Blagojevich?

36% Topinka

44% Blagojevich

9% Whitney

5% some other candidate

6% not sure

WITH LEANERS

36% Topinka

45% Blagojevich

9% Whitney

11% not sure

BREAKDOWN

36% Total Topinka

22% Certain Topinka

9% Topinka

5% Lean Topinka

45% Total Blagojevich

24% Certain Blagojevich

17% Blagojevich

4% Lean Blagojevich

9% Whitney

11% Not Sure

2* Is your vote primarily a vote for a candidate or against his opponent?

Topinka voters

35% for Topinka

59% against Blagojevich

7% not sure

Blagojevich voters

50% for Blagojevich

44% against Topinka

6% not sure

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

	Blagojevich	Topinka	Whitney
Very favorable	11%	11%	3%
Somewhat favorable	27%	26%	26%
Somewhat unfavorable	33%	32%	13%
Very unfavorable	27%	28%	9%
Not sure	1%	3%	49%

4* How closely have you followed news stories about the situation involving Congressman Mark Foley?

40% very closely

37% somewhat closely

18% not very closely

4% not at all
0% not sure

5* How do you rate the way that Republican leaders in Congress have handled the Foley situation?

10% excellent

16% good

22% fair

44% poor

7% not sure

6* Suppose that Foley had been a Democrat. Would Democratic leaders in Congress have handled the situation better, worse, or about the same?

20% better

21% worse

50% about the same

9% not sure

7* How common is it for members of Congress to have inappropriate relationships with their staff?

8% very common

35% somewhat common

30% not very common

6% not at all common

22% not sure

8* In terms of impacting your vote for the U.S. Senate this fall, how important is the situation involving Mark Foley?

15% very important

25% somewhat important

34% not very important

23% not at all important

4% not sure

9* Okay… how closely have you followed news stories about North Korea’s nuclear test?

53% very closely

35% somewhat closely

9% not very closely

1% not at all
2% not sure

10* How do you rate the way that the Bush Administration has responded to North Korea?

21% excellent

21% good

26% fair

29% poor

4% not sure

11* Is the situation with North Korea part of the War on Terror or something entirely separate from it?

18% part of the War on Terror

67% entirely separate from the War on Terror

16% not sure

12* Who’s winning war on terror the United States and its allies or the terrorists?

40% the United States and its allies

28% the terrorists

25% neither

7% not sure

13* In terms of impacting your vote for the U.S. Senate this fall, how important is the situation involving North Korea?

36% very important

41% somewhat important

13% not very important

4% not at all important

6% not sure

14* 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?

22% strongly approve

17% somewhat approve

13% somewhat disapprove

48% strongly disapprove

0% not sure

15* 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?

13% strongly approve

22% somewhat approve

31% somewhat disapprove

32% strongly disapprove

2% not sure

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