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Keyes Lags Behind Obama In CBS Poll (Osama 67% Keyes 28%)
CBS 2 Chicago ^ | August 9, 2004

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.


TOPICS: Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: allankeyes; barrackobama; illinois; keyes; obama; poll; polls; senate; surveyusa
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To: RWR8189
Not funny.

I live in Illinois and do not like Obama, but that kind of comment goes way beyond the pale.

You should be ashamed of yourself.

41 posted on 08/09/2004 5:58:43 PM PDT by mrexitement
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To: RWR8189

Nice Freudian slip in your title!


42 posted on 08/09/2004 5:59:02 PM PDT by Sunshine55 (The only poll that REALLY matters is the one on November 2nd.)
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To: All

STILL, Keyes does better than any other Republican would do.


43 posted on 08/09/2004 6:00:24 PM PDT by Linux4Life (Kerry is BinLaden's choice)
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To: familyofman; oceanview
So you are saying that tax cuts, abortion, school choice, are national issues and should not be discussed in a local or state election.
44 posted on 08/09/2004 6:00:45 PM PDT by Dane (Trial lawyers are the tapeworms to wealth creating society)
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To: GetZarqawiNow
"The fact that he flew back to Maryland after announcing didn't endear him to a lot of people, either."


Its been about 1 day since he accepted to run. Silly poll. Keyes most likely has to pack up his things to make the move to Illinois.
45 posted on 08/09/2004 6:03:36 PM PDT by demlosers
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To: mrexitement

Yes, I am very ashamed.


46 posted on 08/09/2004 6:03:44 PM PDT by RWR8189 (Its Morning in America Again!)
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To: PFC

Vegas odds are 29%, with a 3 point spread for $50. Not bad for a days work.


47 posted on 08/09/2004 6:04:20 PM PDT by RedBloodedAmerican
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To: ambrose

Oh yeah - let's put a RINO in instead of a REAL conservative! Or better yet - let a communist just take it all without a fight.

Will you roll over when you are living in the Estado de Aztlan also?


48 posted on 08/09/2004 6:05:21 PM PDT by steplock ( www.spadata.com)
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To: steplock

I hope Keyes wins. The republican party really needs to get with the program.


49 posted on 08/09/2004 6:06:16 PM PDT by cyborg
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To: Dane
I can't believe you are comparing the California recall race to the Illinois senate race. The two are very different.

Keyes is not electable. He screams from the podium and he doesn't even live in the state.

The race is ridiculous.

In the end, Keyes will receive about 35% of the vote.

50 posted on 08/09/2004 6:08:40 PM PDT by Dave W
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To: Dane

"So you are saying that tax cuts, abortion, school choice, are national issues and should not be discussed in a local or state election."

No, I'm saying Dr Keyes should find out which of those issues resonate with the voters of Illinois & then campaign on them. Seems pretty basic to me. Maybe Illinois has more ag issues than Maryland - just might be.


51 posted on 08/09/2004 6:08:41 PM PDT by familyofman (and the first animal is jettisoned - legs furiously pumping)
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To: RWR8189

Gotta start somewhere, I guess. I'm skeptical about Keyes, but two days after he announces, before he gets to make any appearances or do any campaigning, it's definitely way too early to judge.


52 posted on 08/09/2004 6:09:09 PM PDT by thoughtomator (I question the timing of this post)
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To: Linux4Life
Disagree.

The Illinois GOP had a perfectly fine candidate, Jim Oberweiss, who finished second to Ryan in the primary. Oberweiss was blackballed by the inept/corrupt GOP party apparatus of George Ryan, who thought his anti-immigration message would hurt their delusions of Hispanic appeal.

Tho I didn't support Oberweiss in the primary (I'm anti-anti-immigration) I could se he was a serious candidate, with a serious message, and serious money. By nominating Keyes, the state GOP -- especially "leader" Judy Barr Topinka -- come off as amateur, stupid, inept. This is pretty much the nail in the state GOP coffin.

53 posted on 08/09/2004 6:10:47 PM PDT by IowaHawk
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To: Dave W

he screams from the podium and doesn't even live in the state, you say?

and Hillary Clinton?

why rule out Keyes, when the opposition has no such standards for the criteria you mention.


54 posted on 08/09/2004 6:11:26 PM PDT by oceanview
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To: L`enn
------Any other candidate would be right in the same area, ok Ditka might have gotten to 35%. The race was lost when Ryan was swirling the drain, if not before.-----

it turns out that this barack gentleman is a gift from "candidate heaven". I'm not sure anyone can beat him; this is the same state that elected carol mosely braun, for heaven's sake, and she barely escaped indictment after her whirlwind tour of washington DC.

55 posted on 08/09/2004 6:11:54 PM PDT by smonk
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To: RWR8189
It's ignorant people like yourself who allow the liberals to perpetuate the stereotype of the evil, mean, conservative.

You don't like Obama so you call him Osama, the murderer of thousands of people.

You aren't even clever enough to come up with a name like O'Bummer or O'Blaba or something. Show us how smart you think you are and come up with something better than that sophomoric title on your post.

56 posted on 08/09/2004 6:11:54 PM PDT by mrexitement
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To: IowaHawk
Keyes is a fine man, but he is not going to win this election. Us Republicans screwed up big time in nominating a pervert. Obviously many Republicans were not out to do that, but it strains credibility to suppose that the Republican powers that be in Illinois did not have some hint that Ryan had some "issues." The Dems' obviously knew it. Neither Ryan nor his ex-wife wanted these records made public, but they were made public. That would lead any reasonable observer to conclude that someone in the Democratic camp knew what was in those records and pushed for their disclosure. If the Dems knew the power of the ammo in those divorce records, then the Republicans (who nominated the pervert) should have known as well.

All true Republicans owe a debt to Mr. Keyes who has agreed to take on the task of being offered up as a sacrifice to a most attractive candidate that the Donkey machine has put up in Illinois.
57 posted on 08/09/2004 6:12:07 PM PDT by Tom D. (Beer is Proof that God Loves Us and Wants Us to be Happy - B. Franklin)
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To: IowaHawk
The Illinois GOP had a perfectly fine candidate, Jim Oberweiss, who finished second to Ryan in the primary. Oberweiss was blackballed by the inept/corrupt GOP party apparatus of George Ryan, who thought his anti-immigration message would hurt their delusions of Hispanic appeal.

Uh, IH, Mr. Oberweiss, gave a hearty endorsement for Alan Keyes yestrday.

58 posted on 08/09/2004 6:14:03 PM PDT by Dane (Trial lawyers are the tapeworms to wealth creating society)
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To: mrexitement

So what? Barack Obama is a ultraleftist who believes in drive thru abortions. To me he is the Osama of unborn babies who don't have a chance against his liberal highfaluting ideas.


59 posted on 08/09/2004 6:16:56 PM PDT by cyborg
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To: RWR8189

Why? Keyes is only well known to political junkies. Most people don't even know who he is. It would be tough for Reagan himself to beat Obama with this headstart. At least Keyes states the conservative view with passion. I think he'll win some folks to our side even in a big loss.


60 posted on 08/09/2004 6:16:56 PM PDT by Callahan
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