Illinois Toplines - August 23, 2007

Illinois

Survey of 500 Likely Voters

August 22, 2007

1* How do you rate the way that George W. Bush is performing his roll as President? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?

15% Excellent

17% Good

14% Fair

53% Poor

1% Not Sure

2* How do you rate the way that Rod Blagojevich is performing his roll as Governor? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?

5% Excellent

17% Good

25% Fair

53% Poor

1% Not Sure

3* 2008 Presidential General Election Match-Ups

Illinois: 2008 Presidential Election Match-Ups
Clinton	49%	Clinton	49%	Obama	56%	Obama	55%
Giuliani	39%	Thompson	40%	Giuliani	33%	Thompson	34%
Other	7%	Other	9%	Other	5%	Other	7%
Not sure	4%	Not sure	2%	Not sure	6%	Not sure	4%

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.

	Clinton	Giuliani	Thompson	Obama
Very Favorable	23%	19%	16%	40%
Somewhat Favorable	31%	33%	37%	26%
Somewhat Unfavorable	18%	23%	21%	14%
Very Unfavorable	27%	19%	14%	18%
Not sure	1%	5%	13%	2%

5* When it comes to the War in Iraq, should the United States withdraw all combat troops immediately, bring the combat troops home within a year, or stay until the mission is completed?

26% Withdraw Immediately

38% Bring Troops Home Within a Year

29% Stay Until Mission Complete

7% Not Sure

6* Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton both claim to come from Illinois. Which candidate better represents the state of Illinois?

61% Obama

14% Clinton

25% Not Sure

7* In political terms, is Illinois becoming more liberal or more conservative?

53% More Liberal

21% More Conservative

26% Not Sure

8* Looking out over the next couple of years, will the quality of life in Illinois get better, worse, or stay about the same?

15% Better

40% Worse

39% The Same

5% Not Sure

9* How do you rate the economy in Illinois today—Excellent, good, fair, or poor?

3% Excellent

31% Good

45% Fair

21% Poor

0% Not Sure

10* Over the next couple of years will the economy in Illinois get better or worse?

21% Better

43% Worse

26% The Same

10% Not Sure

11* Who is most to blame for the government’s budget stalemate—Governor Rod Blagojevich, the state legislature, special interest groups, or voters?

53% Blagojevich

19% State Legislature

20% Special Interest Groups

2% Voters

7% Not Sure

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