* A new Anzalone Liszt Grove Research poll taken June 9-14 of 601 likely voters found that 60 percent rated Gov. Rauner’s job performance as negative, with “Not so good” at 21 percent and “Poor” at 39 percent. Just 33 percent said he was either doing a “Good” (26 percent) or “Excellent” (7 percent) job.

…Adding… It should be noted that this is not a “traditional” way of asking about approval ratings. But there are different ways of asking the question.

50 percent said they had an unfavorable opinion of Gov. Rauner, including 35 percent who had a very unfavorable opinion. Just 35 percent said they had a favorable opinion of Rauner, with a mere 11 percent saying they had a very favorable opinion of him.

By contrast, President Obama’s fave/unfave numbers were 63/34.

* The poll also had some bad news for ComEd and Exelon’s energy proposal and for legislators who vote for it as-is. The wording of the polls seems more professional than the one released earlier this month by Exelon, but they are quite negative. Still, as an issue test, they’re interesting. But the sample size for the competitive legislative district over-sample is probably too small to rely on here.

Click here for the full results. Click here for the summary. Click here for the press release.

* After all the push questions, they found that 81 percent oppose the Exelon bill’s “demand charge.” No surprise, considering the loaded questions, but that’s actually the same result as before the final question was asked. But check this out…

Which of the following reasons do you think a legislator in Springfield is most likely to support this law?

They think it will benefit average utility customers 13%
They think it will be good for the environment 8%
Total Positive Reason 21%

They think it will be good for big corporations 21%
They took campaign cash from a big utility company 41%
Total Negative Reason 63%

[vol] Don’t know/Refused 17%

Which of the following reasons do you think Bruce Rauner is most likely to support this law?

He thinks it will benefit average utility customers 14%
He thinks it will be good for the environment 6%
Total Positive Reason 19%

He thinks it will be good for big corporations 31%
He took campaign cash from big utility companies 28%
Total Negative Reason 59%

[vol] Don’t know/Refused 21%

The people have a low impression of everybody.