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Thursday, February 17, 2011

Marianna Commissioners Get Mixed Reviews Contributed

Political Marketing International, Inc. PMI., www.ivrcalls.com recently conducted an impartial survey of what voters thought of the three incumbent city commissioners here in Marianna.The survey was conducted during the week of February 7th and has a plus or minus margin of error of 5%.
District Three – a total of 100 voters were contacted out of 249 households that were called. The two questions were asked of voters “do you have a positive, negative or no opinion of city commissioner James Wise”? A total of 56% of the voters said that they had a positive opinion, 14% said they had a negative opinion and 30% said they had no opinion.
The second question was then asked “if James Wise seeks re-election do you intend to vote for him or would you prefer someone new? A total of 60% said they would support Mr. Wise while 40% said that they would support someone new.
District Four – a total of 100 voters were contacted out of 259 households that were called. The two questions were asked of voters “do you have a positive, negative or no opinion of city commissioner Howard Milton Jr.”? A total of 30% of the voters said that they had a positive opinion, 18% said they had a negative opinion and 52% said they had no opinion.
The second question was then asked “if Howard Milton, Jr., seeks re-election do you intend to vote for him or would you prefer someone new? A total of 55% said they would support Mr. Milton and 45% said that they would support someone new.
District Five – a total of 80 voters were contacted out of 174 households that were called. The two questions were asked of voters “do you have a positive, negative or no opinion of city commissioner Paul Donofro Jr., ”? A total of 39% of the voters said that they had a positive opinion, 20% said they had a negative opinion and 41% said they had no opinion.
The second question was then asked “if Paul Donofro Jr., seeks re-election do you intend to vote for him or would you prefer someone new? A total of 43% said they would support Mr. Donofro while 57% said that they would support someone new.
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