Toplines - Illinois Senate - August 23, 2010
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Illinois Survey of 750 Likely
Voters
Conducted August 23, 2010
By Rasmussen Reports
1* How
would you rate the job Barack Obama has been doing as President… do you
strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove
of the job he’s been doing?
35% Strongly approve
18%
Somewhat approve
7% Somewhat disapprove
40%
Strongly disapprove
0% Not sure
2* How
would you rate the job Pat Quinn has been doing as Governor… do you strongly
approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the
job he’s been doing?
10% Strongly approve
29% Somewhat approve
26% Somewhat disapprove
34% Strongly disapprove
2% Not sure
3* 2010
Illinois Senate Race
Initial Preference |
Mark Kirk (R) |
Alexi Giannoulias
(D) |
Some Other Candidate |
Not sure |
August 23, 2010 |
40% |
42% |
6% |
12% |
August 9, 2010 |
40% |
40% |
8% |
12% |
July 26, 2010 |
41% |
43% |
6% |
10% |
July 7, 2010 |
39% |
40% |
9% |
12% |
June 7, 2010 |
42% |
39% |
7% |
12% |
April 28, 2010 |
46% |
38% |
5% |
12% |
April 5, 2010 |
41% |
37% |
8% |
13% |
Mar 8, 2010 |
41% |
44% |
5% |
10% |
Feb 3, 2010 |
46% |
40% |
4% |
10% |
With Leaners |
Mark Kirk (R) |
Alexi Giannoulias
(D) |
Some Other Candidate |
Not sure |
August 23, 2010 |
45% |
45% |
3% |
8% |
4* I’m
going to read you a short list of people in the News. For each, please let me
know if you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or
very unfavorable impression.
Candidate
for the IL Senate Race |
Very
Favorable |
Somewhat
Favorable |
Somewhat
Unfavorable |
Very
Unfavorable |
Not sure |
Kirk |
13% |
35% |
24% |
16% |
12% |
Giannoulias |
13% |
28% |
21% |
26% |
12% |
5* In terms of how you
will vote in the next national election, are you primarily interested in
National Security issues such as the War with Iraq and the War on Terror,
Economic issues such as jobs and economic growth, Domestic Issues like Social
Security and Health Care, Cultural issues such as same-sex marriage and
abortion, or Fiscal issues such as taxes and government spending?
10% National Security Issues
55% Economic Issues
13% Domestic Issues
3% Cultural Issues
13% Fiscal Issues
7% Not sure
6* Do you
know anyone who is out of work and looking for a job?
87%
Yes
9% No
4% Not sure
7* Is the job market better than it was a year ago,
worse than it was a year ago or about the same?
15%
Better
43%
Worse
40%
About the same
3% Not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence