*** 3:14 PM *** The AP runs a snippet of that Glengariff Group poll I told subscribers about this morning…
Of the 600 people surveyed by phone Tuesday and Wednesday, 70% think he should resign. And 73% say they’d support moves to impeach him. [emphasis added]
* A new poll by Rasmussen Reports tracks pretty well with a Glengariff Group poll that I told my subscribers about this morning…
Eighty-four percent (84%) of Illinois voters say indicted Governor Rod Blagojevich should resign, according to a Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state Wednesday night. Just nine percent (9%) disagree.
Seventy-nine percent (79%) say Blagojevich should end up in jail.
Despite the strong desire for the governor to resign, only 18% believe he is Very Likely to step down. Another 22% say a resignation is Somewhat Likely.
Just seven percent (7%) say the governor is doing a good or excellent job in office while 83% rate his performance as poor.
[Hat tip to a commenter in our breaking news thread.]
Unlike the Glengariff Group, Rasmussen Reports did not ask about impeachment.
* We also have some new RR results on a special election…
Sixty-six percent (66%) of all Illinois voters say the state should hold a special election to fill Obama’s Senate seat rather than let Governor Rod Blagojevich or his successor appoint a replacement. Twenty-one percent (21%) disagree, and 13% are undecided.
Among Illinois voters, 74% of Republicans, 66% of Democrats and 60% of unaffiliated voters favor a special election. Obama still has two years remaining in his Senate term.
* And…
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has surged to the lead among Democrats on the list of favorites to take Barack Obama’s place in the U.S. Senate at the expense of Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., whose image clearly has suffered in the growing Blagojevich scandal.
Thirty-two percent (32%) of Illinois Democrats now say Madigan should be named to the seat vacated by Obama, the state’s junior Democratic senator, according to a Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Illinois voters taken Wednesday night.
In a Rasmussen Reports survey last week, Jackson was the top choice of a plurality of the state’s Democratic voters (36%), but with the revelation that he is “Senate Candidate 5,” his support has been cut in half to just 18% now.
A week ago, Madigan was third on the list of five favorites among Democratic voters, with 17% support.
* Methodology…
This telephone survey of 500 Likely Voters was conducted by Rasmussen Reports December 10, 2008. The margin of sampling error for the survey is +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence