The latest poll of Illinois voters from Public Policy Polling. Hillary Clinton is well ahead among Democratic voters, and leads Republican challengers in general election matchups by anywhere from 9 to 18 points.
Among Democratic voters Hillary maintains a 37% lead:
On the Democratic side Clinton is dominant. She gets 60% to 23% for Sanders, with Martin O'Malley at 4%, Jim Webb at 3%, and Lincoln Chafee at 1% rounding out the field. Clinton gets at least 54% within every group we track by ideology, gender, race, and age with her support peaking among African Americans with whom she gets 76% and Hispanics with whom she gets 72%.
In general election matchups Hillary is strong against all Republicans:
One thing very much to Democrats' advantage in the Senate race is that Hillary Clinton has a substantial lead over the Republican field in the state. She is up by anywhere from 9 to 18 points against the GOP hopefuls. The Republicans who come closest to Clinton are Jeb Bush who trails by 9 at 48/39, Rand Paul who trails by 10 at 47/37, and Scott Walker who trails by 11 at 50/39. The GOPers who do the worst against Clinton are Donald Trump who's down 18 at 51/33, and Ted Cruz and Mike Huckabee who each trail by identical 16 point margins at 51/35. In between are Ben Carson and Marco Rubio who each trail by 12 points at 49/37, Chris Christie who's down 14 at 49/35, and Carly Fiorina who trails by 15 at 49/34.
They also tested Bernie against Republicans. He too beats all comers in this heavily Democratic state, but by an average 5% less than Hillary:
We also tested Bernie Sanders against the leading Republicans in the state and he leads all of them as well- his advantages are 4 points over Walker at 40/36, 5 points over Bush at 42/37, 6 points over Rubio at 40/34, and 16 points over Trump at 48/32. On average Clinton leads that quartet of Republicans by 13 points compared to Sanders' average of 8 points for a 5 point disparity in their electability.
In other news Republican Senator Mark Kirk's popularity is in the tank, and he is trailing Democrat Tammy Duckworth by 41-36.
Overall, great news for Hillary and for Democrats!