ILLINOIS SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Wednesday February 22, 2006

Crosstabs for Ballot Questions

Crosstabs for Other Questions

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

42% Blagojevich 

                                12% some other candidate

                                10% not sure

 

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

 

37% Oberweis

49% Blagojevich 

                                  5% some other candidate

                                  9% not sure

 

3* Fine… what if the Republicans nominate Ron Gidwitz? If the election were held today, would you vote for Republican Ron Gidwitz or for Democrat Rod Blagojevich?

 

33% Gidwitz

47% Blagojevich 

                                  7% some other candidate

                                14% not sure

 

4* Last match-up… what if the Republicans nominate Bill Brady? If the election were held today, would you vote for Republican Bill Brady or for Democrat Rod Blagojevich?

 

29% Brady

47% Blagojevich 

                                  7% some other candidate

                                17% not sure

 

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

 

 

Blagojevich

Topinka

Oberweis

Gidwitz

Brady

Favorable

37%

37%

36%

24%

24%

Unfavorable

53%

41%

37%

41%

37%

Not sure

      10%

22%

28%

35%

39%

 

6* who do you trust more when it comes to the situation in Iraq and national security—President Bush or Democrats in Congress?

 

38% President Bush

51% Democrats in Congress

11% not sure

 

7* Okay… who do you trust more when it comes to managing the economy—President Bush or Democrats in Congress?

 

36% President Bush

53% Democrats in Congress

12% not sure

 

8* Moving to a different topic… When it comes to determining how you will vote in the U.  S. Senate race this year, how important is the situation in Iraq?

 

56% very important

33% somewhat important

  8% not very important

  2% not at all important

  1% not sure

 

9* Okay… how important is the issue of health care?

 

70% very important

24% somewhat important

  4% not very important

  2% not at all important

  0% not sure

 

10* Fine, as a voting issue, how important is the economy?

 

79% very important

20% somewhat important

  1% not very important

  0% not at all important

  0% not sure

 

11* One more… how important is the issue of developing alternative sources of energy?

 

68% very important

26% somewhat important

  5% not very important

  1% not at all important

  0% not sure

 

                12* Okay… in determining how you will vote, which of the following issues is the most important issue is more important… the situation in Iraq, the economy, health care, or developing alternative sources of energy?

 

                                34% the situation in Iraq

                                33% the economy

18% health care

                                  8% developing alternate sources of energy

                                  6% not sure

 

13* Suppose you had to choose between the situation in Iraq and the economy. Which of those issues is most important?

 

                                39% the situation in Iraq

                                54% the economy

                                  7% not sure

 

14* Looking ahead a year from now, will things in the United States be better, worse, or about the same?

 

                                18% better

                                45% worse

36% not sure

 

15* 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

                                14% somewhat approve

                                13% somewhat disapprove

                                44% strongly disapprove

                                  1% not sure

 

16* 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?

 

11% strongly approve

27% 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.