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Tribune poll: Rauner, Quinn in dead heat [Plus Obama at new low in "home state"]
Chicago Tribune ^ | October 23, 2014 | By Rick Pearson

Posted on 10/23/2014 6:38:45 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

With less than two weeks until Election Day, the race for Illinois governor is a dead heat as Republican challenger Bruce Rauner has made significant inroads among suburban voters, especially women, a new Chicago Tribune poll shows.

The survey found Rauner with 45 percent support and Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn with 43 percent.

But the latest poll found Obama's job approval numbers slipping in his home state. Only 46 percent approve — that's down from 52 percent last month and represents a low-water mark for the president since the Tribune began tracking views on his tenure in the White House. In addition, 47 percent disapprove, the highest percentage that Tribune polling has found.

Once again, the attitudes of white suburban women were key to the sharp shift in feelings toward Obama.

While Obama's job approval dropped statewide, that's not the case in the African-American community, where 90 percent approve of his presidency.

(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: election2014; failure; obama
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1 posted on 10/23/2014 6:38:45 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

This is going to have to be a wipeout for the Republican to win in Illinois. I just don’t see it happening.


2 posted on 10/23/2014 6:45:32 AM PDT by woweeitsme
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The Chicago machine will be working overtime to commit election fraud.


3 posted on 10/23/2014 6:47:17 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob (They are called "Liberals" because the word "parasite" was already taken.)
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To: woweeitsme

With the dead voter count, the Republican might get up to 47 percent of the vote. I don’t think it can possibly go beyond that. If you subtracted the dead guy vote....he might bounce over 51-percent.


4 posted on 10/23/2014 6:47:22 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Obama at new low in home state

Kenya?

5 posted on 10/23/2014 6:50:13 AM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves" Month.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

quote “While Obama’s job approval dropped statewide, that’s not the case in the African-American community, where 90 percent approve of his presidency.”

ahh... racism ... alive in well still in the African American community!

oh and OJ was innocent!

ROFL!


6 posted on 10/23/2014 6:52:32 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama lied .. the economy died.)
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Mmmm......you don't really think Mayor Rahm is gonna let down his good buddy, Obama, do you? Massive vote fraud is in the works...orchestrated by criminal Chicago politicians:

<><><> TURNOUT IS CRUCIAL---In Democrat nabes and among their core constituency, armies of college students and union activists (carrying i-phones running DNC voter apps), go door to door multiple times in the next 2 weeks, which will give them a 5 or 10 point+, advantage in “turnout." No matter the contrived agit-prop WRT "turned off or uninterested voters, Obama'a low numbers," Democrats will harvest massive numbers of mail-in ballots because the Dummy core no longer needs "motivation" to get to the polls, they just have to answer the doorbell.

<><><> ILLINOIS VOTER ROLLS TEEMING W/ INELIGIBLE OBAM-ENABLED DACA-TYPES North Carolina election officials just discovered 145 names who are ineligible b/c they are illegal immigrants granted Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals status.....

....the NC State Bd of Elections discovered the illegal voters Tuesday when the DMV ran a search for DACA licenses. The DACA recipients on voting rolls will be sent letters requesting documentation that they are citizens. NC DACA beneficiaries are able to obtain drivers licenses, but are not able to vote.

The Winston-Salem Journal notes that it is likely more ineligible people may still remain on the voting rolls. Nearly 10,000 names on the rolls are tagged by the DMV as "legally present"..... But that doesn’t mean that all 10,000 are ineligible to vote. These were not US citizens when they got a license. They may have been green-card holders, foreign workers or foreign students, for example.

Earlier, election officials did a sample cross-check of 1,600 of the 10,000 “legally present” names against a DHS database and found that 94% were eligible to vote.....that means if the ratio held for the whole 10,000, 600 people would be ineligible...in a state where the Senate election is a dead heat. A DMV spokesman is now cross checking all the names....early voting is set to start Thursday.

<><><> CHECKOUT VAN RENTALS---Dummycrats will be transporting vans full of so-called "voters"---Ebola patients, illegals, minorities, felons, etc. The Dummis pre-register names---then van riders vote the names----on lists provided by Dummies.

<><><> More Jaw-Dropping 'Progressive' Voter Fraud Everywhere You Look...

<><> <>Repub poll watchers should (1) count the people entering the polling place, and, (2) make sure that number matches the number of ballots given out.

<><><> O'Keefe found Udall's people casually advising urging people to commit felonies....urging that discarded ballots be filled out. A vote fraud ruse to get stupid suck-ups to vote twice?

<><> Rush is talking about N.C.----Blacks will show up and raise hell over not being registered. All they have to do is slow down the line until polls close. It wouldn’t have to be a secret......Repubs need to be ready---any person making a stink should be removed from the voting line and asked to sit in a reserved space....to get their grievances resolved, later....much, much later.

7 posted on 10/23/2014 6:52:44 AM PDT by Liz
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To: woweeitsme; Oldeconomybuyer; Cowboy Bob; cotton1706

The fraud machine is working overtime already. Here’s the deal:

Show your stamped voter receipt and get a free meal, plus a prize drawing and gift. This is what they’re doing in Chicago.


8 posted on 10/23/2014 6:53:50 AM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“While Obama’s job approval dropped statewide, that’s not the case in the African-American community, where 90 percent approve of his presidency.”

Of course they do. They dutifully follow the dictates of their leaders. What Sharpton, Jackson and Rev. Lee Roy say goes.


9 posted on 10/23/2014 6:59:45 AM PDT by ScottinVA (We either destroy ISIS there... or fight them here. Pick one, America.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Rauner bought the nomination, then figured Quinn was so bad, the GOP could win the governorship without the social conservatives.

We’ll see if he’s right - Quinn is a total loser, but there are plenty of folks who think a pal of Rahm isn’t going to be any improvement, especially given the history of the Illinois “Combine”.


10 posted on 10/23/2014 7:01:10 AM PDT by Stosh
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UT OH--Technical difficulties with Cook County voting machines. “This was a calibration error of the touch-screen on the machine. When state Senate candidate Moynihan used the touch-screen, it improperly assigned his votes....... due to improper calibration.”

A “calibration error” : so if you vote for one candidate with an “R” after his name and the machine registers a vote for the candidate with a “D” after his name, you could call that a calibration error.

Same thing like going in for a surgery to have your gangrenous left leg amputated and the doctor mistakenly removes the right leg.......its only a “calibration error.”

11 posted on 10/23/2014 7:01:21 AM PDT by Liz
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Had a long talk with my conservative buddy on this just the other day. He contends that women (many if not most) think with their heart as opposed to men that think with there mind.

Hence, they tend to make lousy choices when it comes to choosing our leadership.


12 posted on 10/23/2014 7:16:56 AM PDT by traderrob6
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Well if the voting machines in Illinois are rigged to vote Democrat, does the size of Rauner’s lead really matter?

So sad.


13 posted on 10/23/2014 7:26:58 AM PDT by austinaero
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“Hence, they tend to make lousy choices when it comes to choosing our leadership”

Blame it on the women. Wonder how those stupid women EVER accomplish anything in their lives, don’t you? Clearly they are inferior.

Jerk.


14 posted on 10/23/2014 7:28:59 AM PDT by austinaero
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One fact you cannot deny though.....if it wasn’t for the female franchise, Obama would not be President.


15 posted on 10/23/2014 7:32:06 AM PDT by traderrob6
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To: woweeitsme
This is going to have to be a wipeout for the Republican to win in Illinois. I just don’t see it happening.

The 2010 nominee, Brady, was actually pretty conservative, and he lost only by the margin of cheating. Quinn does NOT have the unqualified support of the Combine, and Rauner would be the right kind of Republican for their tastes.
16 posted on 10/23/2014 7:40:06 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("If you're litigating against nuns, you've probably done something wrong."-Ted Cruz)
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To: traderrob6

Yeah, but they did put Warren Harding over the top. He was a good president, despite his lousy press.


17 posted on 10/23/2014 7:41:53 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("If you're litigating against nuns, you've probably done something wrong."-Ted Cruz)
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Guaranteed.

No way a Republican will win a statewide election in Illinois.


18 posted on 10/23/2014 7:43:28 AM PDT by Repealthe17thAmendment
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

A 2 point lead in polls = a 3-4 point loss on Election Day for a Republican IL candidate.

The Chicago Way...


19 posted on 10/23/2014 9:00:27 AM PDT by karnage
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The combination of the Illinois AG Lisa Madigan and her father Mike Madigan, Speaker of the Illinois House is much worse and much more corrupt than a Combine of Rahm and Rauner.


20 posted on 10/23/2014 9:10:45 AM PDT by Chgogal (Obama "hung the SEALs out to dry, basically exposed them like a set of dog balls..." CMH)
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