MAR 18, 2014
Note in the chart below, from a recent We Ask America poll, how Rauner ascended from last place at the far left to the top spot, with a pronounced upward boost in November, when he began advertising heavily. In another story from a strange and remarkable primary campaign, note Treasurer Dan Rutherford’s decline from frontrunner a year ago to last place – with a precipitous drop following his Jan. 31 press conference in which healleged he was being blackmailed with harassment allegations from a soon-to-be-former employee.
We Ask America poll from March 4, 2014, tracks the ascent of Bruce Rauner among likely voters.
Tuesday’s victory for the venture capitalist proved that his poll numbers, while far from indicative of his 3 percentage point margin of victory Tuesday, were no fluke and the messages he hammered in his ads (literally, in the case of his “sledgehammer” ad) resonated with Republican voters.
In sum, those messages are:
- “Union bosses” of public employee unions control much of state government and they maintain a grip on the Springfield establishment through campaign donations and endorsements
- Springfield needs an outsider to break it of the bad habits that have become standard operating procedure
- State government overall is bloated, inefficient and in need of a top-down audit by outside professionals
- Career politicians beholden to special interests (especially to labor) have cut deals to further their careers that have left the state on the brink of collapse. Term limits must be implemented to get them out and prevent a repeat.
- Illinois needs more charter schools and more choices for parents to break educational control from teachers unions:
- http://politics.rebootillinois.com/2014/03/18/uncategorized/mattdietrich/bruce-rauner-rides-wild-wave-gop-primary-victory-now-ride-gets-wilder/1986/?utm_source=special_20140318&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=3/18/2014
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