Welcome to the July 2025 edition of the Chicago Power Poll podcast with Thom Serafin. Our power pollers have poured their wisdom into 5 new topics. Joining Thom, once again, is veteran Chicago political journalist Mike Flannery This month's special guest is Linda MacLennan, long-time anchor of the CBS2 10pm news and an award-winning journalist.

This month, we asked our Power Pollers to answer these questions:

• Should the City of Chicago sign a new agreement with NASCAR for more street races?

• If former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Governor J.B. Pritzker both run for President in 2028 -- who has the strongest ability to succeed?

• How satisfied are you with the city's efforts to reduce crime?

• Which Illinoisan has had the greatest influence on the state's national reputation?

• What's more likely to happen: The White Sox have a worse season than last year, The Cubs win the World Series, or the Bears move to Arlington Heights?

Thom, Mike, and Linda will share our Power Poll results and get into their analysis of the answers here on this month's episode.