The Simon Poll: Spring 2016 [Illinois Statewide]

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Charles Leonard, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute; John Jackson, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute; David Yepsen, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute; Delio Calzolari, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute; Shiloh Deitz, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute

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Project Citation: 

Leonard, C., Jackson, J., Yepsen, D., Calzolari, D., & Deitz, S. (2016). The Simon Poll: Spring 2016 [Illinois Statewide] [Data set]. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor]. https://doi.org/10.3886/E65519V1

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Summary:  View help for Summary
The mission of the non-partisan Paul Simon Public Policy Institute polling is to provide citizens, policy-makers, and academic researchers with objective information about trends and issues facing society.

The 2016 Simon Poll interviewed 1000 registered voters across Illinois. For the entire sample, the statistical margin for error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level.

Areas covered by the poll are: general outlook, approval of elected officials, preference for candidates in presidential and U.S. senate primaries, Illinois budget impasse impacts, favorability toward budget cuts, favorability toward new sources of state revenues, legislative redistricting, campaign finance reform, opinions on gay marriage, opinions on abortion, opinions on medical and recreational marijuana, opinions on veterans' courts, and views on mental/physical health problems. Demographic information is also included, covering age, race, gender, income, political party affiliation, political ideology, employment, household income, and religious activities. Respondents’ ZIP codes are included.
Funding Sources:  View help for Funding Sources Paul Simon Public Policy Institute

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms medical marijuana; budget; election polling; veterans' courts; anxiety; campaign finance; public approval; public opinion; taxes; right-to-work; Illinois primary; right direction; depression; Illinois polling; Simon Poll; Illinois politics; gay marriage; legislative redistricting; recreational marijuana; abortion
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage Illinois
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 2/15/2016 – 2/20/2016


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