Rasmussen Obama-Keyes Poll

44 Point difference with the lowest Obama number yet at 64%, but Keyes at 20%.

Just 46% of Republicans in the state plan to vote for their own party’s nominee. Eight percent (8%) of Republicans say they will not cast a vote in the Senate race.

Brutal numbers for Keyes:

Sixty-eight percent (68%) of Illinois voters have a favorable opinion of Barack Obama. Forty-two percent (42%) of voters describe the rising Democratic star as liberal while 34% describe him as mainstream.

For Keyes, 33% have a favorable opinion. Thirty-nine percent (39%) say he is an extremist and another 14% describe him as divisive. Just 7% say Keyes is in the political mainstream.

Overall, 59% of Illinois voters have an unfavorable opinion of Keyes including 39% who say they have a “very” unfavorable opinion of him.

Taken for the Daily Southtown

The poll was conducted Monday evening by Rasmussen Reports. It surveyed 500 likely voters statewide; 154 identified themselves as Republicans and 211 identified themselves as Democrats.

The margin of error is plus or minus 4.5 percent with a higher margin of error for numbers singling out how Democrats or Republicans replied in the survey.