Poll Watch: PPP (D) Illinois 8th Congressional District Survey

PPP (D) IL-8 Congressional District Poll

• Tammy Duckworth (D) 50%
• Joe Walsh (R) 41%
• Not sure 9%

Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of your member of Congress, Rep. Joe Walsh?

• Favorable 39%
• Unfavorable 44%

If your member of Congress opposed abortion, even in cases of incest and rape or when the health of the woman was in danger, would that make you more likely or less likely to vote for them, or would it make no difference?

• More likely 24%
• Less likely 33%
• No difference 40%

If your member of Congress voted for Rep. Paul Ryan’s budget that would make cuts to Medicare benefits, would that make you more likely or less likely to vote for them, or would it make no difference?

• More Likely 30%
• Less Likely 52%
• No difference 14%

If your member of Congress voted to extend the Bush tax cuts for millionaires, would that make you more likely or less likely to vote for them, or would it make no difference?

• More likely 29%
• Less likely 53%
• No difference 15%

If your member of Congress was supported by the Tea Party, would that make you more likely or less likely to vote for them, or would it make no difference?

• More likely 31%
• Less likely 46%
• No difference 21%

If your member of Congress spent years in court fighting against his wife who was suing him for delinquent child support payments, would that make you more likely or less likely to vote for them, or would it make no difference?

• More likely 11%
• Less likely 52%
• No difference 34%

If your member of Congress said that the reason President Obama was elected was because he was Black, would that make you more likely or less likely to vote for them, or would it make no difference?

• More likely 10%
• Less likely 51%
• No difference 37%

If your member of Congress said that veterans who speak publicly about their service are not true heroes, would that make you more likely or less likely to vote for them, or would it make no difference?

• More likely 10%
• Less likely 52%
• No difference 34%

Survey of 500 IL-8 voters was conducted August 13-14, 2012. Party ID: 31% Republican; 30% Democrat; 39% Independent.