New Scottsdale Poll Shows Big Lane Lead, Close Council Contest

Public Opinion Strategies, the polling company to Governor Ducey, Senator McCain, NBC and the Wall Street Journal, among many others, just concluded a October 17-18 survey among Scottsdale voters.
lane portraitAs they showed in their September survey Mayor Jim Lane maintains a big lead over former Councilman and failed State House of Representatives candidate Bob Littlefield.  Lane holds a 28-point advantage with undecided voters shrinking to 20%, many of whom are leaning towards Lane but who may choose not to vote in a down ballot race, underscoring the significant challenge before the flawed challenger.  Additionally, most people feel the city is headed in the right direction and Littlefield’s favorable/unfavorable ratings are weak.littlefield
There is little bad news for Lane in the survey who maintains strong, commanding leads in all parts of the city and with all subgroups.  And the notion of one Littlefield serving as Mayor while the other serves on the City Council at the same time remains very unpopular.  Indeed, after researching the matter Arizona Republic reporter Parker Leavitt was unable to find another example in America where a husband and wife were conjoined on a council.
The mayoral race stands in stark contrast to that for city council where four candidates are vying for three seats.  As it now stands:
Virginia Korte:  27%
Dan Schweiker:  27%
Guy Phillips:  25%
Suzanne Klapp:  23%
Phillips may yet garner one of the three seats but clearly made a strategic blunder so closely associating with Littlefield.  Schweiker continues to outperform with Republican audiences,  benefitting from his close name association with the popular Congressman David Schweikert representing the area.