Category: Polls
Rasmussen Illinois Gubernatorial Survey

•Bill Brady (R) 48% [44%] {43%} (47%) [45%] {45%} (47%)
•Pat Quinn (D) 35% [37%] {40%} (36%) [38%] {38%} (37%)
Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

•Bill Brady 46% [47%] {49%} (47%) [47%] {48%} (51%) / 39% [35%] {35%} (33%) [32%] {35%} (30%) {+7%}
•Pat Quinn 39% [41%] {42%} (42%) [43%] {37%} (44%) / 54% [55%] {54%} (52%) [50%] {59%} (51%) {-15%}
How would you rate the job Pat Quinn has been doing as Governor?

•Strongly approve 10% [7%] {10%} (8%) [7%] {9%} (10%)
•Somewhat approve 26% [30%] {34%} (34%) [33%] {34%} (33%)
•Somewhat disapprove 23% [27%] {23%} (23%) [30%] {23%} (28%)
•Strongly disapprove 37% [34%] {31%} (34%) [28%] {33%} (27%)
In political terms, please tell me whether Bill Brady is very conservative, somewhat conservative, moderate, somewhat liberal or very liberal.

•Very conservative 28%
•Somewhat conservative 36%
•Moderate 16%
•Somewhat liberal 3%
•Very liberal 4%
In political terms, please tell me whether Pat Quinn is very conservative, somewhat conservative, moderate, somewhat liberal or very liberal.

•Very conservative 2%
•Somewhat conservative 12%
•Moderate 31%
•Somewhat liberal 32%
•Very liberal 15%
Would it be more accurate to describe Bill Brady’s views as mainstream or extreme?

•Mainstream 42%
•Extreme 32%
Would it be more accurate to describe Pat Quinn’s views as mainstream or extreme?

•Mainstream 41%
•Extreme 38%
Survey of 750 Likely Voters was conducted August 9, 2010. The margin of error is +/- 4 percentage points. Results from the poll conducted July 26, 2010 are in square brackets. Results from the poll conducted July 7, 2010 are in curly brackets. Results from the poll conducted June 7, 2010 are in parentheses. Results from the poll conducted April 28, 2010 are in square brackets. Results from the poll conducted April 5, 2010 are in curly brackets. Results from the poll conducted March 8, 2010 are in parentheses.

Inside the numbers:

Brady gets 83% of the GOP vote, but just 57% of Democrats support Quinn. Among voters not affiliated with either major party, the Republican leads by better than two-to-one.