POLL: St. Pete Black Voters Still Undecided, with Just 2 Weeks ‘Til Election Day
Friday, October 25, 2019
October 25, 2019 - From Theburgvotes.com
With just two weeks to go until the November 5th election, a surprising number of St. Petersburg’s black voters are still undecided, according to poll results released Monday by FloridaPolitics.com.
Black voter preferences are fairly clear in two of the races: in District 5, Deborah Figgs-Sanders came out 18 points ahead of Trenia Cox among African American voters (43% v 25%), while in District 7, Lisa Wheeler-Bowman had a 22-point edge over Eritha Akile Cainion (46% v 24%) with black voters.
Just under one-third of African Americans polled are undecided in those two races, which span large portions of South St. Petersburg (and are home to the two largest groups of black voters in the City, by district).
But black voters were far less decided in the other two Council races.
In District 3, the black vote is effectively tied between Ed Montanari and Orlando Acosta (27.8% v 27.1%), with 45% of black voters still unsure.
In District 1, Robert Blackmon had a 9-point lead John Hornbeck among black voters (29.9% v 20.8%), with half of black voters uncertain who to vote for (49.3%)!
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