Saturday, December 15, 2007

Obama, Giuliani lead in Illinois poll

The Illinois Primary is on February 5, and the Chicago Tribune, in conjunction with WGN-TV, has a new poll out.

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Barring a catastrophe, Illinois is a lock for Barack Obama. He's at 50 percent among Democrats, which is double what one-time Illinois resident Hillary Clinton has. Everyone else is so far behind they don't rate a mention here.

On the Republican side, things are more muddled. Rudy Giuliani leads with 23 percent, and Mike Huckabee is within the margin-of-error with 21 percent.

I thought Mitt Romney and John McCain would be doing a little better here. Much of the Illinois Republican establishment is behind one of those candidates. Romney polls at 14 percent, McCain at 12--followed by Fred Thompson with 11 percent. The other candidates are way back.

Family-values voters in Illinois traditionally make up 1/3 of the GOP electorate, and if Huckabee contiunues to gain strength, he could win the state. Guliani is doing well in the Chicago area--and that's where most of our voters live.

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