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ILLINOIS SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Thursday September 7, 2006

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Previous Illinois Survey

Daily Snapshot

 

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

 

                                36% Topinka

48% Blagojevich 

                                  7% some other candidate

                                  9% not sure

 

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

 

 

Blagojevich

Topinka

Very favorable

15%

  9%

Somewhat favorable

34%

33%

Somewhat unfavorable

21%

29%

Very unfavorable

28%

25%

Not sure

3%

  4%

 

3* For each of the following, please let me know if you believe that person is politically conservative, moderate, or liberal.

 

 

Bush

Blagojevich

Durbin

Obama

Topinka

Conservative

66%

  8%

12%

  8%

35%

Moderate

19%

42%

37%

34%

39%

Liberal

  9%

40%

36%

49%

14%

Not sure

  6%

10%

16%

  9%

12%

 

4* Okay… Who do you trust more when it comes to the situation in Iraq and national security—President Bush or Democrats in Congress?

 

44% President Bush

47% Democrats in Congress

  9% not sure

 

5* Who is winning the War on Terrorism…the United States and its allies or the terrorists?

 

                                46% the United States and its allies

                                29% the terrorists

                                22% neither

  3% not sure

 

6* Who do you trust more when it comes to managing the economy—President Bush or Democrats in Congress?

 

39% President Bush

49% Democrats in Congress

12% not sure

 

7* Generally speaking, how would you rate the U.S. economy these days? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?

 

                                  6% excellent

                                31% good

                                41% fair

                                22% poor

  0% not sure

 

8* 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?

 

                                25% strongly approve

                                21% somewhat approve

                                11% somewhat disapprove

                                44% strongly disapprove

                                  1% not sure

 

9* 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?

 

                                17% strongly approve

                                31% somewhat approve

                                22% somewhat disapprove

                                28% strongly disapprove

                                  2% not sure

 

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