Showing posts with label Mayor of Chicago. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mayor of Chicago. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Advice? Vouchers, cut taxes, reduce pension via bankruptcy

October 08, 2014 Bob Fioretti , CBS Chicago 0 Comments
Chicago Poll: Rahm Less Popular Than Rush Hr Traffic

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel
Source:  www.wizbangblog.com
By Craig Dellimore, Oct. 7, 2014, Chicago.cbslocal.com

CHICAGO (CBS) – As he ramps up his campaign for mayor, Ald. Bob Fioretti (2nd) has released a new poll suggesting Mayor Rahm Emanuel is more unpopular in Chicago than rush hour traffic or the Fox News Channel.

WBBM Newsradio Political Editor Craig Dellimore reports, with tongue planted firmly in cheek, Fioretti released results of a Hamilton Campaigns poll he commissioned to gauge likely Chicago voters’ opinions of the current mayor, and some other famously unpopular things in Chicago: traffic on the Eisenhower Expressway, Fox News, and the Green Bay Packers.

With Emanuel’s first term as mayor nearly done, the poll showed he has a higher unfavorable rating in Chicago than both Fox News and rush hour traffic on the Eisenhower.

Of the 500 likely voters questioned for the poll 52 percent had a somewhat unfavorable or very unfavorable opinion of Emanuel. Only 49 percent had a somewhat or very unfavorable opinion of morning traffic on the Eisenhower, and 51 percent had a somewhat or very unfavorable opinion of Fox News.

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Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Chicagoland: Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s Approval Rating Sinks To 29% --Guess that part was left on cutting room floor

May 13, 2014 Job Approval Numbers , Mayor of Chicago 0 Comments
Rahm Emanuel, Mayor of Chicago
Credit:  AP
By Warner Todd Huston, May 10, 2014, Breitbart.com

Former Obama Chief of Staff and current Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is running for re-election in the Windy City. But if new polls are any indication, his popularity rating has fallen through the floor.

A new poll published by the Chicago Sun-Times shows that only 29 percent of those Chicagoans polled would vote for Emanuel if the election were today, and only one in five say he is doing a better job than former Mayor Richard Daley--a mayor who decided not to run last time because he feared losing due to his poor ratings.

Mayor Emanuel, though, is furiously raising money and has a war chest of upwards of $7 million. But his fundraising has also raised eyebrows. The Chicago Tribune, for instance, noted that Emanuel is flying all over the world raising cash for his reelection campaign and billing the city for much of that travel.

Despite all that cash, though, the poll finds that Emanuel is not well liked by voters and many think that Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle would be a very hard opponent for the mayor to beat.

"The mayor would get 29 percent of the vote to Preckwinkle’s 26 percent," the Timesreported. "The poll shows Lewis finishing third with 10 percent, followed by Fioretti at 5 percent and Shaw with 3 percent. An estimated 27 percent of voters interviewed were undecided."

Emanuel's approval rating has slipped especially among black voters.

One important voting block Emanuel has never been able to woo is the unions. When he won his first election, many of the city's unions had lined up behind his opponent, Gery Chico. Even the city's police supported Chico over Emanuel.

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