Illinois Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters Conducted October 30, 2010 By Pulse Opinion Research for FOX News 1* If the 2010 election for Illinois’s next Governor were held today, would you vote for Republican Bill Brady, Democrat Pat Quinn, Green Party candidate Rich Whitney or Independent Scott Lee Cohen? 9/25/10 10/23/10 10/30/10 Bill Brady (R) 46% 44% 44% Pat Quinn (D) 36% 39% 38% Rich Whitney(G) 8% 4% 4% Scott Lee Cohen (I) x 6% 6% Some other candidate 1% 1% 2% Not sure 9% 6% 6% 2* If the 2010 Election for United States senate, were held today would you vote for Republican Mark Kirk, Democrat Alexi Giannoulias, or Green Party candidate LeAlan Jones? 9/25/10 10/23/10 10/30/10 Mark Kirk (R) 42% 43% 46% Alexi Giannoulias (D) 40% 41% 42% LeAlan Jones (G) 7% 7% 6% Some other candidate 2% 2% 2% Not sure 9% 7% 4% Total Kirk Giannoulias Certain 82% 84% 82% Could change mind 16% 14% 16% Not sure 2% 1% 2% 3* Which of the following best describes how the policies of the Obama administration will affect your vote for SENATE this year? 9/25/10 10/23/10 10/30/10 Your vote will be to express support for the Obama administration policies 29% 40% 38% Your vote will be to express opposition to Obama administration policies 34% 44% 45% Policies of the Obama administration will not be a factor in your vote 36% 13% 14% Not sure 1% 2% 3% 4* Do you have a favorable or unfavorable impression of Bill Brady? If you’ve never heard of him that’s okay just let me know. 10/23/10 10/30/10 Favorable 42% 43% Unfavorable 40% 39% Never heard of him 6% 5% Not sure 12% 13% 5* Do you have a favorable or unfavorable impression of Pat Quinn? If you’ve never heard of him that’s okay just let me know. 10/23/10 10/30/10 Favorable 37% 38% Unfavorable 52% 53% Never heard of him 1% 1% Not sure 10% 8% 6* Do you have a favorable or unfavorable impression of Mark Kirk? If you’ve never heard of him that’s okay just let me know. 10/23/10 10/30/10 Favorable 34% 41% Unfavorable 44% 37% Never heard of him 8% 11% Not sure 11% 11% 7* Do you have a favorable or unfavorable impression of Alexi Giannoulias? If you’ve never heard of him that’s okay just let me know. 10/23/10 10/30/10 Favorable 33% 36% Unfavorable 52% 55% Never heard of him 6% 3% Not sure 9% 7% 8* Regardless of how you plan to vote, is Alexi Giannoulias honest and trustworthy? 9/25/10 10/30/10 Yes 25% 31% No 34% 45% Not sure 41% 24% 9* Regardless of how you plan to vote, is Mark Kirk honest and trustworthy? 9/25/10 10/30/10 Yes 18% 34% No 41% 35% Not sure 42% 31% 10* Do you approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing as president? 9/25/10 10/23/10 10/30/10 Approve 46% 45% 46% Disapprove 46% 47% 47% Not sure 7% 7% 7% 11* Overall, which comes closest to your feelings about the way the federal government is working -- enthusiastic, satisfied, but not enthusiastic, dissatisfied, but not angry, or angry? 9/25/10 10/23/10 10/30/10 Enthusiastic 9% 8% 11% Satisfied but not enthusiastic 24% 28% 22% Dissatisfied but not angry 28% 25% 31% Angry 38% 38% 36% Not sure 1% 1% 1% 12* Which one of the following comes closest to what you would like Congress to do with the health care law that was passed earlier this year -- repeal the law entirely, repeal just parts of it, leave it as it is, or expand the law? 10/23/10 10/30/10 Repeal the health care law entirely 38% 42% Repeal just parts of the law 17% 18% Leave the health care law as it is 12% 11% Expand the health care law 28% 27% Not sure 6% 3% 13* Have the policies of the Obama administration helped or hurt Illinois’s economy, or have they not made much of a difference either way? 9/25/10 10/23/10 10/30/10 Helped 30% 31% 27% Hurt 36% 43% 42% Not made much of a difference 28% 23% 26% Not sure 6% 4% 5% 14* In the long run, will Barack Obama’s policies help the country or hurt the country? 10/23/10 10/30/10 Helped 44% 44% Hurt 47% 47% Not make much of a difference 6% 5% Not sure 4% 4% 15* How do you feel about the Tea Party movement … do you strongly support it, somewhat support it, somewhat oppose it, strongly oppose it, or do you feel neutral about it? 9/25/10 10/23/10 10/30/10 Strongly support 24% 24% 22% Somewhat support 20% 21% 22% Somewhat oppose 10% 11% 10% Strongly oppose 31% 32% 31% Neutral 15% 11% 12% Not sure 1% 2% 2% 16* Every election, the television networks conduct exit polls of people as they leave their polling places on Election Day. If you were asked to participate, how likely is it you would be willing to spend 10 minutes filling out a questionnaire? 10/23/10 10/30/10 Very likely 36% 38% Somewhat likely 28% 26% Not very likely 21% 24% Not at all likely 11% 9% Not sure 3% 3% NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence .