Why Poll?

Polling gives Max and I an unfiltered, objective view into the city in which we live and work. That's important because it's hard not to put the most weight on the loudest opinions.

As with the September 2017 poll, we hired Jill Normington of Normington, Petts & Associates in Washington, D.C., whose clients include U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.). We also continued to poll registered versus likely voters. The result is that our sample of 500 Chicagoans contains more young people and more Hispanics than a pool of likely voters; but it looks a lot more like Chicago as a whole.

This may seem like a minor detail. But for any student of politics, the distinction is important. It means you shouldn't use this poll to predict who will win an election. It can be used, however, to describe how Chicagoans feel about a person, problem or institution. Scroll down to read what we found as well as the top-line (overall) results.