Washington Examiner predicts Kirk will be re-elected

[Coolface Sock #42069]

Illinois isn't that smart.

Really?

IL voters blame Madigan, not Rauner for impasse by a wide margin

The poll found that voters blame Madigan by a decisive 21-point margin, 55-34 percent, with just 9 percent saying "both" and a mere 2 percent saying they were undecided.

Who is to blame for the impasse? Rauner or Madigan?

Chicago: Rauner (52%-35%)
Suburban Cook County: Madigan (54%-36%)
Collar counties: Madigan (64%-27%) (!)
Downstate: Madigan (59%-29%)

Men: Madigan (62%-29%)
Women: Madigan (55%-38%)

Dang check out that suburban Cook margin

[Sir Mohamed]

Well, Duckworth is a pretty bad candidate with almost zero appeal outside of Cook County. I still think this race is a Tossup. Kirk is certainly more likely to win reelection than Johnson or Ayotte.

Well, Ayotte is leading most polls, even if it's by narrow margins.

[Mr. Illini]

Well, if the Examiner says so...

[hopper]

Kirk is definitely still the underdog, but he's gotten a lot of good press since he denounced Trump.  He'll probably lose because of the nature of the state, but it won't be a blowout and he'll probably win nearly everything outside of Cook again.

Yeah Illinois in a Presidential Election year.

I don't know how well Kirk will run in the collar counties though(DuPage, Kane, Kendall, and Lake) because of Trump being on top of the ticket. Trump can be polarizing to Chicago Burbs' voters I would think.