* The Illinois Policy Institute commissioned a statewide poll and reported this result via e-mail…

Gov. Bruce Rauner job approval: 41.2 percent approval, 35.6 percent disapproval and 23.3 unsure

They haven’t posted this online yet, as far as I can tell, and no crosstabs were provided.

But, wow, man. A 41 percent approval rating after only a month in office?

The Policy Institute didn’t say when the poll was conducted, but did disclose this…

According to the pollster [Odgen & Fry], 36.8 percent of respondents self-identified as independent, while 34.5 percent of Illinoisans polled self-identified as Democrats while 28.7 percent self-identified as Republicans. The poll surveyed 481 people with a margin of error at 4.56 percent at a 95 percent confidence interval.

Odgen & Fry conducted a poll on February 11th which found Rauner’s approval at 43 percent, with 28.2 percent disapproving. That poll was of 908 voters, so its MoE was much lower. A poll conducted by We Ask America on January 14th had Rauner’s approval rating at 52 percent, with just 23 percent disapproving.

So, either the two February polls are wrong, or Rauner is already disappointing his constituents.