We Ask America Poll Says Romney’s Illinois Chances: “No Way”

A press release from the polling firm We Ask America:

Favorite Son

There’s been a surprising amount of conjecture coming our way lately about the possibility of Mitt Romney inching closer to Barack Obama in Illinois.

We’ve not paid much attention that that conjecture until it started to be uttered in some national circles and a handful of reporters we respect called to ask if there was anything to it.

There isn’t.

We polled 1,198 Illinois likely voters last night. Following are the weighted head-to-head results and a regional breakdown:

Poll type: Automated Date: October 30, 2012 – Participants: 1,198 Likely Voters – Margin of Error: ± 2.95%

Poll type: Automated Date: October 30, 2012 – Participants: 1,198 Likely Voters – Margin of Error: ± 2.95%

Barack Obama Mitt Romney 3rd Party
ALL VOTERS 57% 41% 2%
Chicago 82% 16% 2%
Sub. Cook 66% 31% 3%
Collar Counties 44% 55% 1%
Downstate 46% 51% 3%

For those of you uninitiated in the Illinois political scene — outside of following the hijinks of our politicians in Popular Prison Monthly — Chicago and Suburban Cook County each account for about 20% of the vote in the Land of Lincoln.

No matter how well Romney does in the five suburban “collar counties” or downstate (the rest of Illinois outside of Chicago, Suburban Cook & the Collars), the huge hunk of burning love that his home base provides the president simply cannot be toppled.

Some of our projections include turnout scenarios that put Romney as close as 10 points from the lead, but there is no way that Chicagoland is going to abandon it’s Favorite Son.

Obama even carried McHenry County four years ago.

Meanwhile, a political mailing from Peter Roskam, the man who beat Tammy Duckworth the last time she ran for Congress, surfaced.

It urges people to vote early.

Congressman Peter Roskam, running in all of Algonquin Township, urges his hoped for future Crystal Lake constituents to vote early.

While Roskam recommends voting early at the Crystal Lake City Hall, there are plenty of other early voting locations throughout McHenry County. You can find a list here.

Congressman Peter Roskam even includes a map showing where the Crystal Lake City Hall is located on his message to vote early.


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We Ask America Poll Says Romney’s Illinois Chances: “No Way” — 3 Comments

  1. If you want this nation to be saved you better hope Romney passes the guy in office now.

  2. This is terribly biased, we insiders know that the people will speak and deliver Illinois to Mitt Romney!

    Everything else is just rumors.

    All of the numbers that have been collected are just made up … boy this upsets me!

    lol

  3. Oh and Z you are so right, without Romney this country is totally lost.

    Because … uh, because you are so right, yes, that’s it you da man. Go Romney! Yeah!

    lol

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