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2000 Clinton 29 37 23 8
1999 Clinton 29 36 26 7
1998 Clinton 28 37 27 9
1997 Clinton 29 37 26 8
1996 Clinton 30 38 26 8
1995 Clinton 31 36 28 5
1994 Clinton 32 37 26 5
1993 Clinton 29 38 27 9
1992 Bush , G.

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Andy has been a media executive, radio talk show host and currently
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Out2. Right now Governor Blagojevich and Democratic leaders are
scheming to loot state employee pension funds to 'balance the budget. 35 40 17
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Harris Polls Throughout 2005 Suggest Modest Gain by Democrats in Party Affiliation

* Moderates continue to exceed conservatives (42% to 34%) .W.

TABLE 3
DECADE MEANS OF DEMOCRATIC LEAD
"Regardless of how you may vote, what do you usually consider yourself - a
Republican , a Democrat, an Independent, or some other party?"
Base: All adults

Democratic Lead
% pts.W.

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1989 Bush, G.H.W. 36 42 18
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"As of June 1st, I am notifying Republican Party officials that I am 'open
for business' and ready to fight for the gubernatorial nomination .

WHAT: ANDY MARTIN ANNOUNCES RACE FOR ILLINOIS GOVERNOR

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Other results of these surveys, which provide averages for the whole of
2005, are:

* Almost two-thirds (63%) of both Republicans and Democrats consider
themselves "strong" supporters of their parties.

Long-Term Trends
Looking at trends over 36 years between 1969 and 2005, several clear
trends (or lack of change ) emerge:

* The Democratic lead over Republicans has fallen from 21 percentage
points in the 1970s, 11 points in the 1980s, seven points in the 1990s
and has averaged five percentage points in the 2000s.

TABLE 2
STRENGTH OF REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC LOYALTY (2005)
"Do you consider yourself a strong Republican/Democrat or a weak
Republican/Democrat?"
Base: All adults

Republican Democrat
% %
Strong 63 63
Weak 35 36
Not sure 1 2

Note: Percentages many not add up to 100% due to rounding.

These statements conform to the principles of disclosure of the National
Council on Public Polls.

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e-mail: http://www/AndyforIllinois. This is the
largest Democratic lead since 2000, when it was eight percentage points. Figures for age, sex, race, education, number of
adults and number of voice /telephone lines in the household were weighted
where necessary to align them with their actual proportions in the population.

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New York, is the 13th largest and the fastest-growing market research firm in
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Martin is one of America's most respected foreign policy analysts and a
veteran of 35 years in the Middle East. 36 41 18
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independent global network of affiliate market research companies .

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' It is
disgraceful."
Since 2003 Andy has also served as the controversial Baghdad Bureau Chief
for Out2. ONTARIO STREET, CHICAGO

WHEN: TUESDAY, MAY 31, 2005 1:00 P.

TABLE 1
PARTY AFFILIATION
"Regardless of how you may vote, what do you usually consider yourself - a
Republican, a Democrat, an Independent, or some other party?"
Base: All adults

Year* President Republican Democrat Independent Democratic
Lead
% % % % pts. 31 34 24 3
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1988 Reagan 31 39 25 8
1987 Reagan 29 38 28 9
1986 Reagan 30 39 25 9
1985 Reagan 30 39 26 9
1984 Reagan 27 40 24 13
1983 Reagan 26 41 27 15
1982 Reagan 26 40 28 14
1981 Reagan 28 39 28 11
1980 Carter 24 41 29 17
1979 Carter 22 41 31 19
1978 Carter 22 43 30 21
1977 Carter 21 48 25 27
1976 Ford 24 47 24 23
1975 Nixon/Ford 21 46 27 25
1974 Nixon 23 45 32 22
1973 Nixon 26 48 26 22
1972 Nixon 30 47 23 17
1971 Nixon 31 49 20 18
1970 Nixon 31 49 20 18
1969 Nixon 32 49 19 17

NOTE: "Other" and "Not sure" responses excluded.
1970s 21
1980s 11
1990s 7
2000's (so far) 5

TABLE 4
POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
"How would you describe your own political philosophy - conservative,
moderate, or liberal?"
Base: All adults

Year* President Conservative Moderate Liberal
% % %
2005 Bush , G. 34 42 20
2004 Bush, G.

TABLE 5
DECADE MEANS OF POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
"How would you describe your own political philosophy - conservative,
moderate, or liberal?"
Base: All adults

Conservative Moderate Liberal
% % %
1970s 32 40 18
1980s 36 40 18
1990s 38 41 18
2000's (so far) 35 41 18

Methodology
The Harris Poll(R) was conducted by telephone within the United States
between January and December 2005 among a nationwide cross section of 4,945
adults aged 18 and over.

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S. Democratic lead over Republicans increases to six percentage points, the
largest lead since 2000

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*Data are not available for 1968. (http://www.

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Illinois government operates under a cloud. I will change
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These are the results of Harris Polls conducted by telephone throughout
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CHICAGO, Republican maverick Andy Martin will
formally announce that he is a candidate for Illinois Governor at a Chicago
news conference Tuesday, May 31st .
"The only issue in Illinois is public integrity," says Martin. Republicans have not done much better.H.W. 38 41 18
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Depending
on financial resources we hope to begin media advertising by July 4th. I want to bring Illinois Republicans back to the mainstream from
the wacky leadership of the past two years that culminated in the Alan Keyes
fiasco.

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* Conservatives continue to outnumber liberals by a wide margin (34% to
20%), but this is down slightly from a 36 to 18 percent margin in 2004.
* The proportions of conservatives, liberals and moderates have not
changed significantly since the 1980s. adult population had been polled with complete accuracy.

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W.W. 36 40 19
2000 Clinton 35 40 18
1999 Clinton 37 39 18
1998 Clinton 37 40 19
1997 Clinton 37 40 19
1996 Clinton 38 41 19
1995 Clinton 40 40 16
1992 Bush, G.W. Unfortunately,
there are several other possible sources of error in all polls or surveys that
are probably more serious than theoretical calculations of sampling error.

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Y. These results are combined to
accurately report on the modest changes from year to year.
The Harris Polls conducted by telephone in 2005 show the Democrats
slightly increasing their modest lead over Republicans in party identification
to six percentage points from three percentage points in 2004.W. 33 40 18
2002 Bush, G.H. 37 42 17
1988 Reagan 38 39 18
1987 Reagan 37 39 19
1986 Reagan 37 39 18
1985 Reagan 37 40 17
1984 Reagan 35 39 18
1983 Reagan 36 40 18
1982 Reagan 36 40 18
1981 Reagan 38 40 17
1980 Carter 35 41 18
1979 Carter 35 39 20
1978 Carter 34 39 17
1977 Carter 30 42 17
1976 Ford 31 40 18
1975 Nixon/Ford 30 38 18
1974 Nixon 30 43 15
1972 Nixon 31 36 20
1968 Nixon 37 31 17

* Data are not available for the following years: 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973,
1993, and 1994.
In theory , with a probability sample of this size, one can say with 95
percent certainty that the results for the overall sample have a sampling
error of plus or minus 1 percentage point of what they would be if the entire
U.