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Toplines - Illinois Senate - September 7, 2010

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Illinois Survey of 750 Likely Voters
Conducted September 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?

      

38% Strongly approve
       15% Somewhat approve
         8% Somewhat disapprove
       37% Strongly disapprove
         1% 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?

 

  7% Strongly approve

28% Somewhat approve
29% Somewhat disapprove
35% Strongly disapprove
  1% Not sure

3* 2010 Illinois Senate Race

Initial Preference

Mark Kirk (R)

Alexi Giannoulias (D)

LeAlan Jones (GPUS)

Some Other Candidate

Not sure

September 7, 2010

37%

34%

12%

3%

14%

August 23, 2010

40%

42%

x

6%

12%

August 9, 2010

40%

40%

x

8%

12%

July 26, 2010

41%

43%

x

6%

10%

July 7, 2010

39%

40%

x

9%

12%

June 7, 2010

42%

39%

x

7%

12%

April 28, 2010

46%

38%

x

5%

12%

April 5, 2010

41%

37%

x

8%

13%

Mar 8, 2010

41%

44%

x

5%

10%

Feb 3, 2010

46%

40%

x

4%

10%

 

With Leaners

Mark Kirk (R)

Alexi Giannoulias (D)

LeAlan Jones (GPUS)

Some Other Candidate

Not sure

September 7, 2010

41%

37%

9%

5%

9%

August 23, 2010

45%

45%

x

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

11%

34%

20%

19%

15%

Giannoulias

11%

31%

19%

25%

14%

Jones

7%

19%

20%

10%

44%

 

 

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence