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He came in second for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in both 2002 and 2004. His second place finish in 2004 to Jack Ryan was not rewarded with a spot on the ballot when Ryan dropped out. Instead, the … Continue reading
Category Archives: Poll
Illinois Democrats put 19-year State Senator Dave Syverson of Rockford and newly-appointed Christine Johnson of DeKalb County into the same district. Syverson has appeared on Rockford television and radio for almost two decades. He has a fifty-point margin in his … Continue reading
In that Lake County State Senate District where the incumbent seemed to try to throw around her weight during a domestic dispute, there’s a Republican primary contest between former WKRS Radio talk show host and County Board member Larry Leafblad … Continue reading
The following showed up on State Rep. candidate Dave McSweeney’s web site today. There is no mention of the percentage of those who have not made up their minds. I asked Gaffney’s campaign manager Nicholas McNeely for his take. Here … Continue reading
Capitol Fax, the best source of political news with a state government focus, had a question today that some might use to define its readership. Rich Miller asked, “Do your favor immediate repeal of last year’s state income tax hike?” … Continue reading
Into my inbox today arrived the results of the Rockford Tea Party online Presidential survey. To its credit, the organization reveals the number of participants–281. As you can see most were Republicans. Two-thirds self-identified themselves as such. Significantly, however, the … Continue reading
A December 30th press release from We Ask America: Consensus: Romney Our last presidential tracking poll in Iowa mirrors what most others are showing in their polling: Mitt Romney may be finally breaking through the clutter. And while Romney’s detractors … Continue reading
An email from Congressman Randy Hultgren: Last week, the House voted to approve H.R. 3630, the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011. This important piece of legislation would have extended the payroll tax holiday for hardworking … Continue reading
That’s pretty much what the We Ask America polling folks ask as they release results from last night’s phone calls to Iowa residents. Here’s the press release: Down the Newt Chute Posted: 21 Dec 2011 06:59 AM PST It’s becoming … Continue reading
We Ask America, the only polling firm that called Joe Walsh’s victory over Melissa Bean, has surveyed Iowa Republicans. I thought you might find the results interesting, because Herman Cain is still a leader, even though people were questioned after … Continue reading
A press release from Grafton Township Supervisor Linda Moore: Residents of Grafton Township now have the ability to show the members of the township board how they would cast their vote regarding the township tax levies for the Township and … Continue reading
In the article about President Barack Obama’s declining, but still good poll numbers in Illinois, there were two elements of weakness–the collar counties, about which I wrote, and Downstate. Let’s look at those numbers again: Collar Counties -45-53% unfavorable Downstate … Continue reading
Fox News Chicago has commissioned We Ask America to poll President Barack Obama’s popularity in Illinois. We Ask America, you may remember, is the only polling firm who called the Joe Walsh-Melissa Bean contest. In fact, it was the only … Continue reading
I guess no one should be surprised that no local media took a poll on whether people wanted tolls hiked. Chicago’s Mike Engle took on Governor Pat Quinn’s assertion that 85% of Illinois motorists understood and approved of the need … Continue reading
The only polling firm that called Joe Walsh’s 2010 fall victory over Melissa Bean was We Ask America. (As far as I know, it was the only firm who polled unless Melissa Bean commissioned one and, if so, it never … Continue reading
Who to believe? The WeAskAmerica poll of yesterday? Or New York Times 538 prognosticator Nate Silver? Or, we could wait until tomorrow and see how people vote. … Continue reading
Illinois-based polling firm WeAskAmerica is presenting the results of Sunday polling. The most astounding finding is that 8th Congressional District Republican candidate Joe Walsh is leading Melissa Bean 49%-45%. No “undecideds” were allowed. Even Green Party candidate Bill Scheurer has … Continue reading
There is a subtle way to skew polling numbers. Especially when polls in the last month of various races are of likely voters as compared to registered voters. The technique centers around these basic facts: The highest voter turnout for … Continue reading
From a Public Policy Polling, found by Capitol Fax Blog: Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of Michael Madigan? 18% Favorable 52% Unfavorable 30% Not sure I’m still waiting for the Daily Herald to reveal the answers to … Continue reading
The paper that has done everything it could to make sure that 8th District Congresswoman Melissa Bean gets re-elected is running a major article in Sunday’s. Lowering the risk of being on the wrong side is my guess. The Daily … Continue reading