Description
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 2008 Simon Poll interviewed 800 registered voters across Illinois. For the entire sample, the statistical margin for error of plus or minus 3.4 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level. Poll conducted from September 23 to October 17, 2008.
Areas covered:
General outlook, Legislative Redistricting, Illinois budget, Campaign Finance, Term limits, Illinois political reform, Government taxes and services, Quality of life issues, and the Illinois courts and judiciary. 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.
Date created
10-2008
Geographic coverage
Illinois, statewide
Keywords
Legislative Redistricting, Illinois budget, Campaign Finance, Term limits, Illinois political reform, Government taxes and services, Quality of life issues, Illinois courts, judiciary Illinois polling, Simon Poll, Political Polling, taxes, cuts, economy, quality of life, Illinois, public opinion
Simon Poll, 2008. SPSS datas
SimonPoll.dataset.2008.csv (180 kB)
Simon Poll, 2008. Dataset, csv
SimonPoll.metadata.2008.csv (13 kB)
Simon Poll, 2008. Metadata, csv
Recommended Citation
Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, "The Simon Poll, 2008. Illinois Statewide" (2008). Paul Simon Public Policy Institute Statewide Polls. Paper 2.
https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/ppi_statepolls/2
Comments
Copyright Notice: The “Paul Simon Public Policy Institute Poll,” the “Simon Poll” and the “Southern Illinois Poll” are the copyrighted trademarks of the Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University. Use and publication of these polls is encouraged – but only with credit to the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at SIUC.