Quinn Says He's Not Concerned About Poor Approval Rating

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Quinn Says He's Not Concerned About Poor Approval Rating
10/6/11 @ 12:15:06 pm


Springfield, IL -- Governor Quinn's approval ratings are down but he says he's not concerned by the numbers.  "There was an approval election about a year ago, and I had about the same number and I won the election, and I think that's the only approval that works in a democracy", said Quinn.                                                  

Quinn is rounding out the first year of his first full term but he strayed away from some of his campaign promises on issues including state income tax and the death penalty. He's had ongoing battles with the unions over broken promises and unemployment in the state is nearing ten percent. "Fox Chicago We Ask America" reveals about 30-percent of registered voters approve of the job Quinn is doing.

http://www.wjbdradio.com/?f=news_single&id=29298


(He should be concerned.  A 30% approval rating is not very good. Wake-up Mr. Governor!)  



Illinois Governor Pat Quinn's Approval Rating Drops Below 30%
Updated: Tuesday, 04 Oct 2011, 10:24 PM CDT
Published : Tuesday, 04 Oct 2011, 3:43 PM CDT

By Mike Flannery, FOX Chicago News Political Editor

Chicago - Eleven months after they gave Pat Quinn a full, four-year term as governor, Illinois voters are deeply unhappy with his job performance; fewer than 30 percent approve of how he’s doing.

A FOX Chicago News/We Ask America survey found only 29.6 percent of registered voters approved Quinn’s job performance; 60 percent disapproved.

Even the governor’s own party appears to be deserting him. Among self-described Democrats: 46%percent approved, 42 percent disapproved.

Illinois was already facing financial crisis when then-Lieutenant Gov. Quinn took office in 2009 following the arrest and impeachment of Rod Blagojevich. While Quinn campaigned in 2010 on the need to raise the Illinois income tax, he promised to veto any increase larger than one percentage point. In January, 2011, Quinn signed a law raising the personal income tax rate from 3 to 5 percent. At the time, Illinois’s jobless rate was declining. Since then, unemployment has jumped dramatically to 9.9 percent, compared to the national average of 9.1.

Fewer than half of voters in the Governor’s home town of Chicago are happy: 49 percent approve, 39 percent disapprove. In suburban Cook County, 32 percent approve, 57 percent disapprove. In the suburban collar counties surrounding Chicago, 27 percent approve, 61 percent disapprove. Among registered voters Downstate, a mere 19 percent approve, 70 percent disapprove.

African-American registered voters are Quinn’s strongest supporters, with 52 percent approving while 40 percent disapprove. Among Hispanic voters, 30 percent approve, 54 [ercemt disapprove. Among white voters, 25 percent approve, 63 percent disapprove.

There is little difference between male and female voters. Among women, 31 percent approve, 55 percent disapprove. Among men, 29 percent approve, 65 percent disapprove.

We Ask America conducted the automated telephone survey Wednesday, Sept. 28. It included responses from 1,815 people registered to vote in Illinois. It is accurate to within plus or minus 2.3 percentage points. (That means any result could be either 2.3 percentage points higher or 2.3 percentage points lower.)

http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news/politics/illinois-governor-pat-quinn-approval-rating-poll-unemployment-taxes-chicago-downstate-20111004

[me]

Opps!  I just posted something about this in the Logan thread as well.  He is in no way concerned that his approval rating dropped below 30% now that he is voted into office and sold us all a lie, about layoff's - about taxes........  Just about everything.   

[Ira]

 I won the election, and I think that's the only approval that works in a democracy
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Yes, he won the election, and now he does not care what people have to say or what people think about him and his action anymore. He got what he wanted, and now he can do whatever he wants. 

[me]

And if I remember correctly alot of us here gave him our support based on his false promises and possiblity of restoring MGT and helping IDOC........

[TimeStandsStill]

Between Quinn and Brady, Quinn was the lesser of the two evils.  There would have been no hope at all for MGT if Brady were to win.  Too bad Quinn's promises turned out to be false after he was elected.....Politics at its best.

 

[jcruz1104]

Hes not concerned because he DOESN'T care.. (IMO) He sees it as he's rounding out his 1st year and have 3 more to go...
He will be "concerned" once its gets closer to election.

[Angela]

To bad that he will have burned all of his Bridges once Election time rolls around.

[lbattle40]

  OMG..typical politician..he has a few more years& the sad part is..he is not going 2 care until election time which is when he will make more empty promises

[TimeStandsStill]

Empty promises aren't going to fly next time for Quinn.  I think voters now realize he's all talk...

Like the saying goes, 'Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me'

[Steadfast]

Quinn may be making cavalier statements about his lack of concern about his rating now because he is only one year into his term.  He might be singing a different tune two years from now when he needs to get re-elected.

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Poll: Quinn Approval Rating at 35.5 Percent
10/20/11 @ 12:33:26 pm


CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) - A new poll shows most Illinoisans don't approve of the job Governor Pat Quinn is doing.

The Chicago Democrat has a 35.5-percent approval rating in the poll conducted by the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.  Only 14.9-percent of those polled say Illinois is headed in the right direction.  The former lieutenant governor, Quinn inherited the job in 2009 when Rod Blagojevich was impeached and removed from the governor's office. Quinn won a four-year term of his own in November 2010.  Illinois has struggled under crushing financial difficulties since Quinn took office, some he inherited and others made worse by a national recession.  The telephone poll of 1,000 voters has an error margin of 3 percentage points. It was conducted October 11th-16th.

http://www.wjbdradio.com/?f=news_single&id=29544

[snshess]

You have all made excellent statements and true statements so with that enough said I agree with all of you and it was all a political poll to win

[cinlu87]

All he can truly hope for is that he doesn't end up like his predecessor's......behind bars!!!   LOL