Poll #5 Illinois 71st Legislative District preference poll

Illinois 71st Legislative District preference poll

4 day poll
June 24th - 28th, 2005

Question: "If Mike Boland chooses to run for a different office, who would have your support to win the 71st district seat?"

Total votes cast: 1013

1. PORTER MCNEIL: 552 votes - 54.5%

2. Dennis Ahern: 430 votes - 42.4%

3. None of the above, I want
Boland to stay: 10 votes - 1%

4. Steve Haring: 6 votes - 0.6%

5. Tony McCombie: 5 votes - 0.5%

6. Jerry Lack: 4 votes - 0.4%

7. Another Republican: 4 votes - 0.4%

8. Mike Huntoon: 1 vote - 0.1%

9. Another Democrat: 1 vote - 0.1%

10. Mike Smiddy: 0 votes - 0%

11. Phil Banaszek: 0 votes - 0%

Poll #4 Illinois 72nd Legislative District preference poll

Illinois 72nd Legislative District preference poll

4 day poll June 29th - July 2nd, 2005

Question: "If and when Pat Verschoore retires, who would have your support to win the 72nd District seat?"

Total votes cast: 1050

Poll cancelled due to excessive vote tampering. Hundreds of votes flooded in for O'Brien in the last hour, more than he'd receieved in the entire 4 day run of the poll.
It was apparent that before this occured, it would be a tight contest between Pat O'Brien and Clarence Michael Darrow.

Total votes cast: 1050

1. Pat O'Brien: votes - %
2. Clarence "Michael" Darrow (D-Rock Island): votes - %
3. Tom Benson (D-Rock Island): votes - %
4. Lisa Bierman (D-Coal Valley): votes - %
5. Pat Veronda (D-Moline): votes - %
6. LuAnn Kerr (D-Rock Island): votes - %
7. Mark Schwiebert (D-Rock Island): votes - %
8. Jeff Terronez (D-Rock Island): votes - %
9. Another Democrat: vote - %
10. Don Sharp (R-Rock Island): votes - %
11. Stan Leach (R-Moline): votes - %
12. Another Republican: votes - %

Poll #3 Opinion of Lane Evans' indication he'll run for a 12th term

Opinion of Lane Evans' indication he'll run for a 12th term

3 day poll
2:00 a.m. July 8th - midnight July 11th, 2005

Question: "Rep. Lane Evans has indicated he intends to run for a 12th term. What do you think of this decision?"

Total votes cast: 85

1. Evans should step down gracefully, accepting our sincere gratitude for his long service, and back a new candidate.: 71 votes - 83.5%

2. Right of Evans and best for the party.: 13 votes - 15.3%

3. I don't know if it's best for Evans, but it's good for the party.: 1 votes - 1.2%

4. Not thrilled but he's the best candidate we could have.: 0 votes - 0.0%

Poll #2 Opinion of Gov. Blagojevich's decision to spend $10 million on stem cell research

Opinion of Gov. Blagojevich's decision to spend $10 million on stem cell research.

4 day poll
July 19th - 23th, 2005

Question: "Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich recently ordered that $10 million be spent on stem cell research. What are your thoughts on this?"


Total votes cast: 89

1. (1) Good use of the money. Stem cell research is promising in relieving misery and disease for many people in the state. It was forward thinking and a responsible move.: 47 votes - 52.8%
2. 2, 3, and 4.: 31 votes - 34.8%

3. (4) Governors shouldn't make decisions to spend money on such things without involving the legislature.: 6 votes - 6.7%

4. (3) Stem cell research is unethical and should never be funded by government.: 2 votes - 2.2%

5. 2 & 4: 2 votes - 2.2%

6. 3 & 4: 1 vote - 1.1%

7. (2) It's irresponsible to be spending this much money on research when the state is in such bad financial shape.: 0 votes - 0.0%

8. 2 & 3: 0 votes - 0.0%

Poll #1 Open and democratic local primaries

Open and democratic local primaries

4 day poll
12:00 a.m. Aug. 10th - noon Aug. 15th, 2005

Question: "Should there be free and open competition in local Democratic primary elections?"

Total votes cast: 141

1. Yes, the public should be exposed to all qualified candidates and be able to choose their candidate democratically.: 119 votes - 79.9%

2. No, party discipline is too important to leave candidate choice up to the people of the district. State party leaders have the right to support only incumbants and to exclude and work against interetsted challengers.: 30 votes - 20.1%