Poll Watch: PPP (D) Illinois Gubernatorial Survey

PPP (D) Illinois Gubernatorial Survey 

• Bill Brady (R) 42% (42%) {39%} [34%] (43%)
• Pat Quinn (D) 41% (35%) {30%} [30%] (33%)
• Scott Lee Cohen (I) 6% (6%)
• Rich Whitney (G) 3% (4%) {11%} [9%]
• Lex Green (L) 1% (2%)
• Undecided 6% (11%) {20%} [27%] (24%)

Among Men

• Bill Brady (R) 47% (45%) {45%} [37%] (44%)
• Pat Quinn (D) 39% (30%) {31%} [30%] (34%)
• Scott Lee Cohen (I) 4% (7%)
• Rich Whitney (G) 4% (6%) {11%} [12%]
• Lex Green (L) 2% (3%)
• Undecided 3% (8%) {14%} [21%] (22%)

Among Women

• Pat Quinn (D) 43% (39%) {30%} [31%] (32%)
• Bill Brady (R) 38% (39%) {34%} [31%] (42%)
• Scott Lee Cohen (I) 7% (4%)
• Rich Whitney (G) 2% (2%) {11%} [6%]
• Lex Green (L) 1% (1%)
• Undecided 9% (14%) {25%} [32%] (26%)

If the only choices for Governor were Republican Bill Brady and Democrat Pat Quinn, who would you vote for?

• Bill Brady 49%
• Pat Quinn 44%
• Undecided 7%

Do you approve or disapprove of Governor Pat Quinn’s job performance?

• Approve 32% (24%) {23%} [27%] (25%) {25%}
• Disapprove 54% (60%) {53%} [50%] (53%) {55%}

Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of Bill Brady?

• Favorable 39% (36%) {25%} [22%] (25%)
• Unfavorable 44% (44%) {30%} [22%] (20%)

Survey of 557 likely voters was conducted October 14-16, 2010. The margin of error is +/- 4.2 percentage points.  Party ID breakdown: 40% (42%) {41%} [42%] (42%) {47%} Democrat; 30% (32%) {32%} [29%] (30%) {31%} Republican; 30% (26%) {26%} [29%] (28%) {23%} Independent/Other.  Political ideology: 44% (40%) {39%} [43%] (44%) {38%} Moderate; 34% (37%) {38%} [34%] (36%) {36%} Conservative; 22% (23%) {22%} [23%] (20%) {26%} Liberal.  Results from the poll conducted September 23-26, 2010 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted August 14-15, 2010 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted June 12-13, 2010 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted April 1-5, 2010 are in parentheses. Results from the poll conducted January 22-25, 2010 are in curly brackets.