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ILLINOIS STATEWIDE SURVEY

MARCH 30-APRIL 1, 2006

600 SAMPLE, REGISTERED VOTERS SURVEY

METHDOLOGY

The Glengariff Group, Inc. conducted a 600 sample survey of registered voters in Illinois. The survey was conducted from March 30-April 1, 2006. The survey has a margin of error of +/- 4.0%.

ILLINOIS STATEWIDE SURVEY

APRIL 2006

Hello, my name is __________. I’m not selling anything. I’m doing a quick survey of voters in Illinois to gather opinions. The survey will take less than five minutes.

Are you currently registered to vote at the address I am calling?

1. Yes…CONTINUE

2. No… TERMINATE

1. In which county do you live? IF COOK COUNTY, ASK, WOULD THAT BE IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO OR OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO

1. Cook County – outside of Chicago 20%

2. City of Chicago 23%

3. Collar Counties 23%

4. West/Northwest Illinois 9%

5. Central Ilinois 14%

6. Southern Illinois 10%

2. If the election for State Treasurer were being held today and [ROTATE] Alexander Giannoulias was the Democrat candidate and Christine Radogno was the Republican candidate, would you vote for [ROTATE] Christine Radogno or Alexander Guillianis? IF DON’T KNOW, ASK: WHICH WAY DO YOU LEAN?

1. Vote Alexander Giannoulias 35%

2. Lean Giannoulias 3%

3. Vote Christine Radogno 24%

4. Lean Radogno 3%

5. Other…DO NOT OFFER 1%

6. Don’t Know…DO NOT OFFER 33%

7. Refused….DO NOT OFFER 1%

3. If the election for Secretary of state were being held today and [ROTATE] Dan Rutherford was the Republican candidate and Jessie White was the Democrat candidate, would you vote for [ROTATE] Jessie White or Dan Rutherford? IF DON’T KNOW, ASK: WHICH WAY DO YOU LEAN?

1. Vote Jesse White 56%

2. Lean White 3%

3. Vote Dan Rutherford 26%

4. Lean Rutherford 2%

5. Other…DO NOT OFFER 0%

6. Don’t Know…DO NOT OFFER 12%

7. Refused…DO NOT OFFER 1%

4. If the election for Governor were being held today and [ROTATE] Rod Blagojevich was the Democrat candidate and Judy Baar Topinka was the Republican candidate, would you vote for [ROTATE] Judy Baar Topinka or Rod Blagojevich? IF DON’T KNOW, ASK: WHICH WAY DO YOU LEAN?

1. Vote Rod Blagojevich 39%

2. Lean Blagojevich 2%

3. Vote Judy Baar Topinka 40%

4. Lean Topinka 4%

5. Other….DO NOT OFFER 3%

6. Don’t Know…DO NOT OFFER 12%

7. Refused…DO NOT OFFER 0%

5. If the election for Governor were being held today and [ROTATE] Rod Blagojevich was the Democrat candidate, Judy Baar Topinka was the Republican candidate, and James Meeks was the Independent candidate, would you vote for Rod Blagojevich, James Meeks or Judy Baar Topinka? IF DON’T KNOW, ASK: WHICH WAY DO YOU LEAN?

1. Vote Rod Blagojevich 35%

2. Lean Blagojevich 3%

3. Vote Judy Baar Topinka 36%

4. Lean Topinka 4%

5. Vote James Meeks 5%

6. Lean Meeks 2%

7. Other…DO NOT OFFER 2%

8. Don’t Know…DO NOT OFFER 14%

9. Refused…DO NOT OFFER 0%

6. Generally speaking, would you say that you consider yourself a [ROTATE] Republican, a Democrat, or would you call yourself an Independent?

1. Democrat 38%

2. Republican 27%

3. Independent 33%

4. Refused 1%

5. Other 2%

7. What is your race or ethnic background - are you White, African American, Hispanic, Asian, or a mixed-race?

1. White 79%

2. African American/ Black 12%

3. Hispanic 3%

4. Asian 2%

5. Mixed Race 1%

6. Don’t Know/ Refused 4%

8. Could you please tell me in what year you were born?

1. 18-24 (1982-1988) 4%

2. 25-34 (1972-1981) 10%

3. 35-44 (1962-1971) 14%

4. 45-54 (1652-1961) 23%

5. 55-64 (1942-1951) 28%

6. 65 and older (1941 and before) 19%

7. Refused/ Don’t Know…DO NOT OFFER 3%

9. Gender

1. Male 50%

2. Female 50%

GOVERNOR’S RACE

BLAGOJEVICH VERSUS TOPINKA

Blagojevich Leans Topinka Leans Other DK

Cook County 31 2 48 2 4 14

City of Chicago 63 2 24 1 1 9

Collar Counties 33 2 43 8 4 10

West/Northwest Illinois 35 4 36 5 5 15

Central Illinois 18 1 57 8 5 12

Southern Illinois 48 3 34 3 2 10

Democrat 68 2 17 3 3 7

Republican 7 0 76 5 3 9

Independent 31 4 38 4 3 19

White 32 3 45 4 4 13

African American 80 0 13 1 1 4

18-24 48 4 35 0 0 13

25-34 49 2 27 2 5 15

35-44 36 1 45 6 1 11

45-54 40 3 41 4 4 8

55-64 39 2 38 5 4 11

65 and older 36 2 43 2 2 16

Male 38 3 41 3 4 10

Female 40 2 38 4 2 13

GOVERNOR’S RACE

MEEKS VERSUS BLAGOJEVICH VERSUS TOPINKA

Blagojevich Leans Topinka Leans Meeks Leans DK

Cook County 27 3 43 3 4 3 16

City of Chicago 56 2 21 1 6 1 12

Collar Counties 32 2 40 6 1 6 14

West/Northwest Illinois 31 2 38 4 5 4 16

Central Illinois 14 5 47 8 7 8 11

Southern Illinois 40 8 29 3 5 3 12

Democrat 60 7 15 2 5 2 8

Republican 6 0 69 7 3 2 12

Independent 29 3 34 4 5 2 22

White 29 3 40 5 4 2 16

African American 61 6 10 3 9 1 9

18-24 48 0 26 9 4 0 13

25-34 41 10 24 2 8 2 12

35-44 31 2 37 5 4 4 17

45-54 35 3 39 4 7 2 10

55-64 35 2 35 5 5 2 15

65 and older 32 3 40 4 0 2 18

Male 35 3 38 3 3 5 13

Female 34 4 34 5 5 3 15

STATE TREASURER RACE

GIANNOULIAS VERSUS RADOGNO

Giannoulias Leans Radogno Leans DK

Cook County 33 3 34 3 27

City of Chicago 52 3 11 1 32

Collar Counties 33 2 24 4 36

West/Northwest Illinois 29 5 29 4 33

Central Illinois 17 2 36 5 39

Southern Illinois 31 2 15 8 44

Democrat 68 4 5 0 23

Republican 4 1 58 6 30

Independent 23 3 19 4 50

White 31 3 27 4 34

African American 58 4 7 1 30

18-24 39 0 26 0 35

25-34 34 2 22 3 39

35-44 33 4 27 1 35

45-54 32 3 25 4 35

55-64 39 2 21 3 35

65 and older 34 3 25 4 34

Male 34 3 25 3 35

Female 35 3 24 3 35

SECRETARY OF STATE RACE

WHITE VERSUS RUTHERFORD

White Leans Rutherford Leans DK

Cook County 53 3 31 4 10

City of Chicago 76 3 10 1 10

Collar Counties 46 2 30 1 20

West/Northwest Illinois 51 2 27 4 15

Central Illinois 42 6 43 0 9

Southern Illinois 61 5 19 3 11

Democrat 86 3 5 0 6

Republican 18 3 63 3 13

Independent 51 4 21 3 20

White 51 3 30 2 13

African American 83 4 3 0 10

18-24 65 9 13 0 13

25-34 61 0 20 0 19

35-44 58 2 28 1 11

45-54 50 4 33 1 11

55-64 58 1 23 3 15

65 and older 56 6 24 3 11

Male 55 3 27 3 11

Female 57 4 25 1 13

ABOUT THE POLLSTER

The Glengariff Group, Inc. is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois with offices in St Joseph, Michigan. The company specializes in survey research, focus groups, strategic planning, and marketing strategy. The Glengariff Group, Inc. has worked for such varied clients as General Motors, Comcast Corporation, Fifth Third Bank, the Department of Homeland Security, the State of Michigan, the State of Kentucky, the State of North Carolina, Northwestern University and the Medical College of Ohio. The Glengariff Group, Inc. conducts research nationwide, regionally, statewide and locally primarily for corporate and public sector clients.

Richard Czuba, President of the Glengariff Group, Inc., has 22 years of survey research experience both in politics and the corporate sector. He was the Director of Research and Communications for the Michigan Republican Party under then Party Chairman, Spencer Abraham, Advisor to Michigan Governor John Engler for Research and Planning, and Director of Planning and Public Affairs for the State of Michigan’s economic development department, the Michigan Jobs Commission. He was Inauguration Chairman for Michigan Governor John Engler. Richard Czuba has conducted political survey research for all levels of political campaigns including county and local races, state legislative races, congressional races, statewide campaigns and statewide research for Presidential campaigns.

The Glengariff Group, Inc. was founded in 1998.

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