Earlier this morning, we covered how Tom Cross has extended his overall lead against his opponent Mike Frerichs. And how he's opened a 27% lead on Frerichs in the eyes of independent voters. The full post about the polling data is here.
Here's the chart showing Cross' lead with independent voters in the Treasurer's race:
But...that wasn't the only poll that the Sun-Times ran. They also polled the rest of the statewide races. And...in two of them, the spread of independent voters is smaller than that 27% that Cross is showing in the Treasurer's race.
Look at the Secretary of State race where everyone - and we mean EVERYONE - believes incumbent (Democrat) Secretary of State Jesse White will cruise to victory in November. What's that race show in terms of appeal to independent voters?
White is winning them, but by a far less margin than Cross is winning them. White is only besting his opponent - the little known Mike Webster - by 20% of independents:
And what about the Attorney General race? Everyone is thinking that Lisa Madigan is going to cruise to victory against Paul Schimpf. But...when you look at independent voters? How is she faring?
It is a dead heat!
So...let's recap:
- Tom Cross is leading opponent Mike Frerichs for State Treasurer in the eyes of independent voters by 27%.
- Favorite Jesse White is leading opponent Mike Webster for Secretary of State in the eyes of independent voters by 20%.
- Incumbent and vote-getting powerhouse Lisa Madigan is flat out tied with her opponent Paul Schimpf for Attorney General - each with 35% of the independent vote.
The work and message that Tom Cross has been bringing to voters of reform the Treasurer's office, balance the budget, and protect the taxpayers is breaking through with voters across the spectrum, but especially with independent voters.
