Illinois - Governor

Exit polls - Governor

Illinois Are you: Category % Total Blagojevich Baar Topinka Whitney Male 47 45 42 12 Female 53 53 36 10 Sex by race Category % Total Blagojevich Baar Topinka Whitney White male 37 37 47 14 White female 40 44 44 11 Non-white male 10 73 23 3 Non-white female 13 84 10 5 Are you: Category % Total Blagojevich Baar Topinka Whitney White 77 41 46 13 Black 10 80 16 2 Hispanic / Latino 10 83 12 4 Asian 2 - - - Other 1 - - - AGE (60 and over) Category % Total Blagojevich Baar Topinka Whitney 18-29 12 58 29 12 30-44 26 50 37 11 45-59 33 46 43 10 60 or over 29 49 40 10 Age 65 & over Category % Total Blagojevich Baar Topinka Whitney 18-64 82 49 39 11 65 or over 18 50 40 9 2005 total family income Category % Total Blagojevich Baar Topinka Whitney Under $15,000 7 74 21 4 $15,000 - $29,999 11 62 31 7 $30,000 - $49,999 22 55 31 12 $50,000 - $74,999 21 46 40 13 $75,000 - $99,999 16 40 45 13 $100,000 - $149,999 13 40 50 9 $150,000 - $199,999 5 49 33 17 $200,000 or more 6 30 56 13 Total family income: Category % Total Blagojevich Baar Topinka Whitney Less than $50,000 39 60 29 9 $50,000 or more 61 42 44 13 Total family income: Category % Total Blagojevich Baar Topinka Whitney Less than $100,000 76 52 35 11 $100,000 or more 24 39 48 12 Do you or does someone in your household belong to a labor union? Category % Total Blagojevich Baar Topinka Whitney Yes, I do 17 58 29 13 Yes, someone else does 13 52 39 9 Yes, I do and someone else does 3 - - - No one does 68 45 43 11 UNION HOUSEHOLD Category % Total Blagojevich Baar Topinka Whitney Yes (Vote is union member, union member in household, or noth member in household and voter is memeber) 32 54 34 12 No (No union voter in household 68 45 43 11 Voter is union member: Category % Total Blagojevich Baar Topinka Whitney Yes 20 56 31 13 No 80 46 42 11 What was the last grade of school you completed? Category % Total Blagojevich Baar Topinka Whitney Did not complete high school 4 69 25 6 High school graduate 22 59 31 9 Some college or associate degree 31 52 37 10 College graduate 25 37 49 12 Postgraduate study 18 35 47 17 College Education Category % Total Blagojevich Baar Topinka Whitney No college degree 57 56 34 9 College graduate 43 36 48 14 What was the last grade of school you completed? Category % Total Blagojevich Baar Topinka Whitney High school graduate or less 26 61 30 8 More than high school grad 74 43 44 12 No matter how you voted today, do you usually think of yourself as a: Category % Total Blagojevich Baar Topinka Whitney Democrat 46 81 11 8 Republican 31 10 81 7 Independent or something else 23 35 42 22 On most political matters, do you consider yourself: Category % Total Blagojevich Baar Topinka Whitney Liberal 23 70 15 15 Moderate 52 51 37 11 Conservative 25 23 67 8 Religion, combined Protestant and other Christian. Category % Total Blagojevich Baar Topinka Whitney Protestant / Other Christian 50 42 46 9 Catholic 32 55 35 9 Jewish 2 - - - Something else 5 59 28 13 None 10 60 23 18 Religion among whites Category % Total Blagojevich Baar Topinka Whitney White Protestant / Other Christian 40 34 53 11 White Catholic 23 45 42 12 White Jewish 1 - - - White something else 3 - - - White none 8 52 27 21 Non-white 24 78 17 4 Do you have any children under 18 living in your household? Category % Total Blagojevich Baar Topinka Whitney Yes 37 49 39 10 No 63 48 39 11 Parents Category % Total Blagojevich Baar Topinka Whitney Men with children 16 43 45 10 Women with children 21 54 35 10 Men without children 31 46 41 13 Women without children 32 50 38 10 Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president? Category % Total Blagojevich Baar Topinka Whitney Strongly approve 17 15 78 4 Somewhat approve 19 24 63 11 Somewhat disapprove 19 51 37 11 Strongly disapprove 45 75 13 12 Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president? Category % Total Blagojevich Baar Topinka Whitney Approve 35 19 70 8 Disapprove 64 68 20 12 How do you feel about the U.S. war in Iraq? Category % Total Blagojevich Baar Topinka Whitney Strongly approve 13 16 76 5 Somewhat approve 21 27 61 10 Somewhat disapprove 20 49 41 9 Strongly disapprove 45 69 18 13 How do you feel about the U.S. war in Iraq? Category % Total Blagojevich Baar Topinka Whitney Approve 34 23 67 8 Disapprove 65 63 25 12 Do you think the condition of Illinois' economy is: Category % Total Blagojevich Baar Topinka Whitney Excellent 4 - - - Good 44 58 35 6 Not so good 41 45 39 14 Poor 10 26 56 16 State of the economy: 2 way Category % Total Blagojevich Baar Topinka Whitney Excellent / Good 48 59 34 6 Not so good / Poor 51 41 43 14 In your vote for governor, how important was the issue of corruption and ethics in state government? Category % Total Blagojevich Baar Topinka Whitney Extremely important 58 47 40 11 Very important 28 50 41 9 Somewhat important 11 64 27 9 Not at all important 2 - - - How confident are you that votes in your state will be counted accurately? Category % Total Blagojevich Baar Topinka Whitney Very confident 42 44 45 9 Somewhat confident 48 52 36 12 Not very confident 8 51 32 15 Not at all confident 2 - - - How confident are you that votes in your state will be counted accurately? Category % Total Blagojevich Baar Topinka Whitney Very / Somewhat confident 89 48 40 10 Not very / Not at all confident 9 51 31 16 Is your opinion of Dennis Hastert: Category % Total Blagojevich Baar Topinka Whitney Favorable 34 32 61 7 Unfavorable 49 63 24 12 Do you think Barack Obama would make a good president? Category % Total Blagojevich Baar Topinka Whitney Yes 64 63 26 11 No 29 24 64 10 Population of area, five categories Category % Total Blagojevich Baar Topinka Whitney Over 500 thousand 18 76 16 8 50 to 500 thousand 8 38 41 19 Suburbs 52 43 46 11 10 to 50 thousand 3 75 16 9 Rural 19 42 45 10 Population of area, three categories Category % Total Blagojevich Baar Topinka Whitney City over 50 thousand 26 65 23 11 Suburbs 52 43 46 11 Small city and Rural 22 47 41 10 Geo Stratum Code Category % Total Blagojevich Baar Topinka Whitney Chicago 18 76 16 8 Cook Suburbs 19 54 37 9 Collar Counties 23 42 46 12 North 27 37 47 13 South 14 45 45 10