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Toplines - Illinois Senate - July 7, 2010

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Illinois Survey of 500 Likely Voters
Conducted July 7, 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?

      

29% Strongly approve
       25% Somewhat approve
         9% Somewhat disapprove
       37% 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

34% Somewhat approve
23% Somewhat disapprove
31% Strongly disapprove
  3% Not sure

3* 2010 Illinois Senate Race

 

Mark Kirk (R)

Alexi Giannoulias (D)

Some Other Candidate

Not sure

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%

 

 

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

7%

32%

28%

20%

13%

Giannoulias

7%

36%

25%

21%

11%

 

5* A proposal has been made to repeal the health care bill and stop it from going into effect. Do you strongly favor, somewhat favor, somewhat oppose or strongly oppose a proposal to repeal the health care bill?

 

42% Strongly favor

13% Somewhat favor

12% Somewhat oppose

31% Strongly oppose

  3% Not sure

 

6* Suppose the new Arizona immigration law was being considered for your state. Would you favor or oppose passage of that law in your state?

 

52% Favor

33% Oppose
15% Not sure

 

7* The U.S. Justice Department has decided to challenge the legality of Arizona’s new immigration law in federal court. Do you agree or disagree with the decision to challenge the legality of Arizona’s new immigration law?

 

38% Agree
51% Disagree
11% Not sure

 

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