Illinois Toplines - December 19, 2007

Illinois

Survey of 500 Likely Voters

December 19, 2007

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

16% Excellent

13% Good

17% Fair

53% Poor

2% Not Sure

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

3% Excellent

13% Good

30% Fair

53% Poor

2% Not Sure

3* 2008 Presidential General Election Match-Ups

Obama	55%	Obama	56%	Obama	54%	Clinton	46%	Clinton	45%
Giuliani	31%	Romney	30%	Huckabee	30%	Giuliani	40%	Huckabee	41%
Other	11%	Other	11%	Other	11%	Other	13%	Other	11%
Not sure	3%	Not sure	3%	Not sure	5%	Not sure	1%	Not sure	3%

4* Favorables for Presidential Candidates

	Clinton	Huckabee	Giuliani	Romney	Obama
Very Favorable	18%	12%	14%	13%	41%
Somewhat Favorable	33%	33%	33%	31%	25%
Somewhat Unfavorable	17%	28%	24%	24%	15%
Very Unfavorable	29%	16%	25%	24%	17%
Not sure	2%	10%	4%	8%	2%

5* How likely is it that the state legislators in Springfield will come up with a compromise on transportation funding?

11% Very likely
40% Somewhat likely
31% Not very likely
10% Not at all likely
8% Not sure

6* Suppose you could vote to either keep all of the state legislators in office or to kick them all out and start with an entirely new legislature. If the election were held today, how would you vote?

19% Keep all state legislators in office
55% Kick them all out and start with new legislature
26% Not sure

7* Should voters have the right to recall elected officials in Illinois?

66% Yes

13% No

21% Not sure

8* If the Presidential election were held today, would you vote for a Republican or a Democrat?

35% Republican
46% Democrat
19% Not sure

9* Do most of your family, friends, and co-workers know how you plan to vote in a typical election?

57% Yes

33% No

10% Not sure

10* How confident are you that voting booth results are accurately and honestly collected, counted and reported in Illinois?

27% Very confident
50% Somewhat confident
15% Not very confident
5% Not at all confident
3% Not sure

11* Have you donated time or money to any of the presidential campaigns this year?

21% Yes

76% No

3% Not sure

12* Al Sharpton has threatened to oppose Chicago's Olympic bid because of allegations of police abuse. Is he sticking his nose where it doesn't belong?

66% Yes

16% No

18% Not sure

13* Do you want the 2016 Olympic Games to come to Chicago?

68% Yes

18% No

14% Not sure

14* Do most people answer opinion polls honestly?

76% Yes

4% No

20% Not sure

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