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Toplines - Illinois Senate - April 28, 2010

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Illinois Survey of 500 Likely Voters
Conducted April 28, 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?

37% Strongly approve
24% Somewhat approve
7% Somewhat disapprove
32% 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?

7% Strongly approve
33% Somewhat approve
30% Somewhat disapprove
28% Strongly disapprove
2% Not sure

3* 2010 Illinois Senate Race

April 28, 2010

April 5, 2010

Mar 8, 2010

Feb 3, 2010

Mark Kirk (R)

46%

41%

41%

46%

Alexi Giannoulias (D)

38%

37%

44%

40%

Some Other Candidate

5%

8%

5%

4%

Not sure

12%

13%

10%

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

14%

38%

21%

10%

17%

Giannoulias

9%

33%

22%

25%

12%

5* Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable impression of Sarah Palin?

17% Very favorable
18% Somewhat favorable
14% Somewhat unfavorable
44% Very unfavorable
7% Not sure

6* 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?

35% Strongly favor
12% Somewhat favor
13% Somewhat oppose
37% Strongly oppose
3% Not sure

7* In terms of how you will vote this November, how important is the issue of the Broadway Bank?

17% Very important
24% Somewhat important
37% Not very important
12% Not at all important
9% Not sure

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