For the past week, Indy Politics has been taking an on-line poll of our audience regarding the Indianapolis Municipal elections. While, not scientific, it provides some very interesting qualitative results of what a lot of you are thinking regarding today’s races. The results are below…
Do you plan to vote in the upcoming municipal elections?
- Yes – 95%
- No – 3%
- Not sure – %
If you plan to vote in the upcoming election, who do you plan to vote for?
- Joe Hogsett – 43.7%
- Chuck Brewer – 46.7%
- Sam Carson – 1%
- I wish I had another choice – 7%
How do you plan to vote in the City-County Council races?
- Democrat – 39%
- Republican – 51%
- Libertarian – 9%
Which combination of city government would you like to see?
- Democratic Mayor-Democratic Council – 37%
- Democratic Mayor-Republican Council – 11%
- Republican Mayor-Democratic Council – 3%
- Republican Mayor -Republican Council – 47%
What is the most important issue this election season?
- Crime – 57%
- Jobs – 20%
- Roads – 3%
- Ethics – 7%
- Education – 6%
- Other – 5%
Regardless to who gets elected, will the candidate be able to fulfill his campaign promise?
- Yes – 35%
- No – 33%
- Are you serious – 30%
Have you had any personal contact with any of the candidates this election season?
- Yes – 56%
- No – 44%
How useful has the news media been this election cycle?
- Very useful – 5%
- Somewhat useful – 50%
- Not very useful – 45%
Where did you get most of your local election news this cycle?
- Blogs – 27%
- The candidates – 23%
- Newspaper – 19%
- Television – 17%
- Radio – 13%
What issue did you think did not fully get vetted this election cycle?
- Jobs/Economy – 41%
- Education – 27%
- Crime – 18%
- Other – 14%
Now go vote. And if you aren’t sure about a candidate, visit our friends at PoliticalBank.com. We’ll be tweeting throughout the day at @AttyAbdul & @IndyPoliticsOrg
