Rasmussen: In IL Obama up 20 over GOP, Hillary up 10

[rinsd]

Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Hillary Clinton leads both Rudy Giuliani and Fred Thompson by nearly ten percentage points in Illinois. However, a Rasmussen Reports telephone survey found that home-state Senator Barack Obama does far better and leads the GOP hopefuls by more than 20 percentage points. It’s Obama 56% Giuliani 33% and Obama 55% Thompson 34%.

By a 61% to 14% margin, Illinois voters believe Obama would do a better job than Clinton of representing their state’s interests.

Obama is viewed favorably by 66% of Illinois voters, far more than the other candidates. Clinton earns favorably reviews from 54%, Thompson from 53% and Giuliani from 52%.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/illinois_clinton_leads_gop_hopefuls_by_ten_obama_leads_by_20

[William769]

1. Being thats the State he is a Senator in, I should hope so.

[DURHAM D]

2. How strange - "represent state's interest"

I would hope Obama would represent the interests of Illinois better than the other people.

On the other hand, isn't he running for President of the entire country?

Seems a poll designed to get a desired result. Duh...