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Toplines - Illinois Senate - September 17, 2008

Prior Survey
Daily Snapshot

Illinois Survey of 500 Likely Voters
Conducted September 17, 2008
By Rasmussen Reports

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

3% Excellent

9% Good

28% Fair

60% Poor

0% Not Sure

2* Senate Election

Sauerberg

35%

Durbin

59%

Other

1%

Not sure

4%

3* Favorables for Senate Candidates

Sauerberg

Durbin

Very Favorable

11%

29%

Somewhat Favorable

28%

30%

Somewhat Unfavorable

24%

15%

Very Unfavorable

9%

20%

Not sure

28%

6%

4* Do you want the summer 2016 Olympic games in Chicago?

60% Yes
24% No

16% Not sure

5* How would you rate the way that House Speaker Mike Madigan is performing his job….excellent, good, fair or poor?

5% Excellent

31% Good

36% Fair

20% Poor

9% Not sure

6* Who do you blame more for the continuous inner-party feuding between Democratic Governor Rod Blagojevich and House Speaker Mike Madigan?

54% Blagojevich
16% Madigan

30% Not sure

7* Is Chicago a safe place to live?

42% Yes
33% No

25% Not sure

8* Who has a better chance of winning a World Series first, the Chicago Cubs or Chicago White Sox?

57% Cubs
28% White Sox

15% Not sure

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