Reported By Mike Zaman

Republished with permission of Rasmussen Reports
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_state_surveys/illinois/32_in_illinois_say_blagojevich_is_about_as_ethical_as_most_politicians

Saturday, July 31, 2010

One-in-three voters in Illinois (32%) believe impeached Governor Rod Blagojevich is about as ethical as most politicians.

A new Rasmussen Reports statewide telephone survey of Likely Voters shows that 59% believe the former governor is less ethical than his peers. Only two percent (2%) say Blagojevich is more ethical.

These results are similar to those found in December 2008, just after Blagojevich was arrested on charges including an attempt to sell the state’s U.S. Senate seat recently vacated by President Obama.
Last month, 57% in the state said the impeached governor should go to jail.

Only nine percent (9%) in Illinois share a favorable opinion of Blagojevich. Eighty-eight percent (88%) view Blagojevich unfavorably, including 70% who view who Very Unfavorably.

The survey of 750 Likely Voters in Illinois was conducted on July 26, 2010 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is 4 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.

Those ratings are little changed from results found in June.
Jurors are still deliberating in the former governor’s trial for 24 counts of corruption.

There are very few partisan differences on the question of the former governor’s ethics. Roughly a third of Republicans, Democrats and unaffiliateds believe Blagojevich is about as ethical as his peers.
White voters are far more likely than black voters to believe Blagojevich is less ethical than his peers. Most blacks (53%) say his ethics are similar to other politicians.

Republican State Senator Bill Brady has now opened a seven-point lead over embattled Governor Pat Quinn in Illinois’ gubernatorial race.

The Illinois race for U.S. Senate between Democrat Alexi Giannoulias and Republican Mark Kirk remains very close.
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