United States
Illinois governor polls 2026
Governor election 3 Nov 2026, in 3 days.
JB Pritzker leads the polling average with 56.5%, 19.0 points ahead of Darren Bailey.
Average
Updated 34 minutes ago
Trend
JB PritzkerDarren Bailey
Stances
JB PritzkerDarren Bailey
Immigration
ExpandRestrictRemigration
Economy
Free marketState-directed
Abortion
Broad accessProtect unborn life
Marriage & family
Individual choiceTraditional
National culture
CosmopolitanPreserve heritage
Technology1 unplaced
Light-touchRein in Big Tech
Scores and reasons written by AI. Methodology
Why these scores
Immigration
- JB Pritzker: 2 of 10 Banned private immigration detention and police cooperation with ICE; fought Operation Midway Blitz
- Darren Bailey: 7.5 of 10 Pledges to end Illinois's sanctuary-state law; backs Trump deportations
Economy
- JB Pritzker: 6.5 of 10 Raised minimum wage to $15, pushed graduated income tax, raised taxes for infrastructure
- Darren Bailey: 2 of 10 Promises tax and spending cuts; sued over COVID business closures
Christian identity
- JB Pritzker: 1.5 of 10 No religious policy agenda; expanded secular reproductive and LGBTQ protections
- Darren Bailey: 7 of 10 Runs a private Christian school with his wife; no church-state bills found
Abortion
- JB Pritzker: 0.5 of 10 Signed Reproductive Health Act repealing limits; required no-cost insurance coverage of abortion
- Darren Bailey: 8.5 of 10 Wants statewide abortion ban except to save the mother's life, no rape or incest exceptions
Marriage & family
- JB Pritzker: 1 of 10 Ordered schools to affirm transgender students; signed shield law for gender-affirming care
- Darren Bailey: 7 of 10 Opposed Illinois's comprehensive sex-education mandate and transgender-inclusive school policies
National culture
- JB Pritzker: 2 of 10 Expanded immigrant welcome centres; state aid for undocumented college students
- Darren Bailey: 6.5 of 10 Backed splitting off Chicago, citing clash with downstate values on guns, abortion and immigration
Subsidiarity
- JB Pritzker: 4 of 10 Uses state power to resist federal immigration and health-data demands; expands state programmes
- Darren Bailey: 7.5 of 10 Sponsored resolution to make Chicago its own state; sued to void governor's COVID order
Technology
- JB Pritzker: 7.5 of 10 Signed 2026 AI Safety Measures Act with audits and under-18 social media age checks