Bacon King
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« on: August 18, 2009, 02:35:08 PM » |
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According to this poll, 14% of Illinoisans have a strong opinion of Kirk, while 24% have one of Giannoulias. At this point in most people's minds this race is basically Generic R vs. Generic D. Considering how bad the Democratic brand is in Illinois state politics right now (according to this poll, 29% of voters less likely to vote Democratic because of Blago) this result is entirely expected. Pay attention to the number of undecideds though, especially the 37% of independents. Though this poll does display a lot of the strengths and potential advantages Kirk has going into this race, these actual numbers don't really mean much- the candidates haven't really even begun to define themselves to the voters.
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