For real this time. And by that I mean, it was a real poll, not a push poll from a union on behalf of Tom Gordon. The pollster asked my opinion on a host of issues facing New Castle County, and also asked me what I thought was the most important issue facing the county. I answered “development.” I was asked my opinion of Tom Gordon. I answered unfavorable because I consider him a criminal. Then I was asked my opinion of Paul Clark, and I said I wanted to answer undecided, but was told my only two options now were favorable or unfavorable. So I said unfavorable due to my concerns over his ethics.
I was then asked if the election were held today, who would be getting my vote, and the choices were Clark, Gordon, Shahan or undecided. I answered Shahan.
The pollster then said we are entering the Positive part of the survey, and read me positive bios of both Clark and Gordon and asked me if that information changed my vote in any way, and I said it made no difference. I was asked again about who I was voting for, and I said Shahan. Then we entered the negative part of the survey (literally the words she used), and read me some negative information about Clark and Gordon (information of which we are all aware), and asked if it made me more likely to vote for them, less likely, or it made no difference. To both, I said “less likely.” Then I was asked a third time about who I was voting for, and again I said Shahan.
I was asked about my awareness of certain New Castle County and state officials, like Kevin Kelly, Denise Williams, Bob Marshall, and Jack Markell. But she did not ask me about my opinion on them.
Interestingly, no information, negative or positive, was given about Shahan.
I did not catch the organization conducting the call, but it was given at the top of the call, and I couldn’t make it out.
I can’t wait to see the results.