Posted on 08/09/2004 5:28:52 PM PDT by RWR8189
CHICAGO (CBS 2) Illinois' senate race is heating up with both Democrat Barack Obama and new Republican candidate Alan Keyes in town pressing the flesh and warming up to voters.
The Republican candidate in this race may just be getting started, but according to an exclusive new CBS 2/Newsradio 780 poll, Keyes has a long way to go. 67 percent of Illinois voters prefer Democrat Obama; 28 percent would choose Keyes.
Keyes and his supporters were feeling the heat of the August sun as he announced for U.S. Senate at a crowded rally in Arlington Heights. Our exclusive voter opinion survey shows Obama generating another kind of heat.
Obama's lead in our CBS 2/Newsradio 780 Survey was most pronounced among women voters, 74 percent to 21percent for Keyes. Among men, it was 59 percent to 36 percent.
There was no surprise in strongly Democratic Chicago: 79 percent for Obama, 16 percent for Keyes.
But in the heavily Republican collar counties, it was Obama with 62 percent, Keyes with 34 percent. . Even downstate, 56 percent of those polled preferred Obama to 38 percent for Keyes. The results were almost the same in rural areas: 57 percent to 39 percent.
Virtually every Democrat we talked to favored Obama. Among independent voters, 64 percent chose Obama, 30 percent chose Keyes. Even among Republicans, 27 percent defected to Obama, 67 percent chose Keyes.
White voters went 62 percent to 32 percent for Obama; black voters by a margin of 89 percent to 10 percent.
The poll was conducted by Survey USA this past Friday and Saturday. It is accurate to within plus or minus four percentage points.
lol ;)
Look for those numbers to shift dramatically... TO THE RIGHT!
Dufus, this poll is a sham in case you haven't figured it out yet. Polls take days to run, Keyes didn't even declare his candidacy until yesterday.
What part of Illinois do you live in?
I may not live in Illinois but here in St. Louis County, we have a lot of interaction with downstate Illinois culture. I work with Illinois residents who are as conservative as anybody else. They are pro-life, pro-gun, anti-illegal alien, and pro traditional marriage.
IMHO, once Barrack Obama is flushed out of the high grass like a hunted pheasant, the citizens of Illinois will see how radical he is. This may not be enough to counter what goes on in Chicago but the people down here deserve a chance to vote for somebody who have beliefs like themselves.
No doubt the Republican Party is in Illinois is in shambles. Who really knows how this will play out.
It's called VOTER FRAUD, same problem we have in California. I hope the UN poll watchers setup bigtime in Chicago, St Louis, Philly and all up and down California, the voter fraud in those areas is astounding.
Well I said Keyes would be behind 2-1. I guess I was being "optimistic."
I agree, but on the bright side maybe it will convince some of the die-hards that their man really isn't electable? (A girl can wish, can't she?)
Keyes has always been at his best when he's behind in the polls.
Instead of complaining just vote for Obamma. 1/3 of the Keyes posts are negative, maybe you people are at the wrong web site, go to democrats.com and your posts will fit right in, ok?
I guess he must always be at his best then.
Dear Hillary,
Obama's a shoo-in for the 2008 presidential race. No one would be able to beat him. No one.
Yours,
AmishDude
Huh? Can you give me some more detail on that? I guess that would invite the voter fraud too, wouldn't it?
His "best" evidently means playing the race card right out of the box.
He's always been behind in the polls.
At the primary you can either take a Republican ballot or a Democrat ballot, that's as far as party registration goes.
What did Keyes say?
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