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EMC Poll Confirms McGinn's Low Numbers, Says Most Voters Would Support Pro-Tunnel Council Candidates
The pro-deep-bore-tunnel campaign just released the results of a poll conducted by EMC research earlier this month on the tunnel, Mayor Mike McGinn, and potential city council candidates.
The poll substantially confirms the major conclusion of this week's Elway poll: Voters don't approve of Mayor Mike McGinn's performance so far. Just three percent of voters (compared to four percent per Elway) believed McGinn is doing an "excellent" job, compared to 30 percent who said he's doing a "good" job (Elway found 28 percent) two percent with no opinion (Elway: six percent), 40 percent who said McGinn is doing "only fair" (Elway: 39 percent), and 25 percent who called his performance "poor" (Elway: 38 percent).
EMC's poll found, contrary to Elway's findings, that a majority of voters (52 percent) don't want to vote on the tunnel. (Elway found that a slight majority, 55 percent, support a vote). However, the EMC poll confirms Elway's finding that those who are least likely to vote (those who have voted in just one of the most recent four elections) are most likely to support putting the tunnel on the ballot, and vice versa.
EMC also asked two questions Elway didn't. First, they asked whether, in a head-to-head matchup, respondents would support the tunnel or the surface/transit option. Without the rebuild option on the table, 40 percent of voters said they supported surface/transit, and 55 percent said they backed the tunnel. The Elway poll, which included the rebuild, found that 38 percent supported the rebuild, 35 percent supported the tunnel, and just 21 percent supported the surface option.
Finally, EMC asked whether they would be more or less likely to support a city council candidate who supported the tunnel. Overall, 39 percent said they'd be more likely to support a pro-tunnel candidate, 41 percent said the tunnel would have no impact on their vote, and 20 percent said they'd be less likely to back a candidate who supports the tunnel.
The poll substantially confirms the major conclusion of this week's Elway poll: Voters don't approve of Mayor Mike McGinn's performance so far. Just three percent of voters (compared to four percent per Elway) believed McGinn is doing an "excellent" job, compared to 30 percent who said he's doing a "good" job (Elway found 28 percent) two percent with no opinion (Elway: six percent), 40 percent who said McGinn is doing "only fair" (Elway: 39 percent), and 25 percent who called his performance "poor" (Elway: 38 percent).
EMC's poll found, contrary to Elway's findings, that a majority of voters (52 percent) don't want to vote on the tunnel. (Elway found that a slight majority, 55 percent, support a vote). However, the EMC poll confirms Elway's finding that those who are least likely to vote (those who have voted in just one of the most recent four elections) are most likely to support putting the tunnel on the ballot, and vice versa.
EMC also asked two questions Elway didn't. First, they asked whether, in a head-to-head matchup, respondents would support the tunnel or the surface/transit option. Without the rebuild option on the table, 40 percent of voters said they supported surface/transit, and 55 percent said they backed the tunnel. The Elway poll, which included the rebuild, found that 38 percent supported the rebuild, 35 percent supported the tunnel, and just 21 percent supported the surface option.
Finally, EMC asked whether they would be more or less likely to support a city council candidate who supported the tunnel. Overall, 39 percent said they'd be more likely to support a pro-tunnel candidate, 41 percent said the tunnel would have no impact on their vote, and 20 percent said they'd be less likely to back a candidate who supports the tunnel.
