* Willie Wilson press release…

Ogden & Fry, conducted a 3-question poll for Citizens for Willie Wilson on Wednesday, September 4, statewide regarding political preferences of candidates with 538 respondents. Respondents were selected by random sampling of likely 2020 General Election voters. The margin of error for this poll is +/- 4.31% at the 95% confidence interval.

* The first question was about voting likelihood. Here’s the second…

If the election for United States Senator was held today, for which candidate would you vote?

Democrat Dick Durbin 44.1%
Republican Candidate 33.6%
Independent Willie Wilson 4.0%
Undecided 18.3%

I guess you gotta start somewhere, but I’m not sure how releasing these numbers helps him.

The third question was a head-to-head between Durbin and Wilson, but that isn’t going to happen and Wilson was still trailing 44-25 among all voters and 72-8 among Democrats.

I’ve asked how many mobile phone users were contacted and whether this was a robopoll or a mixture of robocalls with live callers. It’s been known in the past as an automated outfit.

The firm released a poll two weeks before the Chicago mayoral election which showed Wilson placing second behind Toni Preckwinkle and getting 13.3 percent. He finished fourth with 10.6 percent. The firm also polled for Jeanne Ives in the 2018 primary.