Sheriff's Candidate Polling...

[Bob Wells]

I like the numbers, but they also called my cell phone. I also answered one for County Commisioners, State House 5 would love to see those numbers.

Cooper
Braunstein
L Jones
Wilkerson
Davis
Anderson
J McDaniel (House Seat 5)

 

[The Watcher]

Thanks

Dont mean to rain on your parade, but here is a poll result for you, may be fake may not but looks to me like its too close to call sportsfans. Does anyone have a red flag to throw for the replay?

Customer/ 0708004
Poll date/ 27 - 29 July 2008
Location/ Walton County, Florida
Grouping/ 400
Focus/ Sheriff election, Primary, August 26 2008, Walton County, Florida
Margin/ +/- 0.6 percentile
Discussion/ Poll consisted of 343 of 400 telephone responses in the 850 area
targeting the prefix 231, 267, 622, 835, 859, 892, 951. All respondents were infomed the responses are for data collection and will not effect the outcome of the targeted election, nor will any numbers be offered for solicitaion. All telephone numbers were randomly chosen via a GDR 125 type 2 line selection program pBX intergration based on the pre determined criteria. Only those respondents sucessfully completing the poll were calculated in final result. A non response to the question deemed that respondent void in the calculation.
Question/ 1. will you vote on August 26, 2008 in the Walton County Primary? 2. Did you vote in the 2004 Primary? 3. By name only, which candidate would you select for Sheriff in this survey today/ Adkinson, M., Brown, R., Cooper, T., Cornman T., Johnson, R., Macon, J., Wise, D.
Summary/ Adkinson 23% 78.6 Brown 7% 24.0 Cooper 25% 85.7 Cornman 21% 72.0 Johnson 13% 44.5 Macon 6% 20.5 Wise 5% 17.1

Great Work, thank you.

I noticed the date is from July 2008. A lot has happened since then and I'd bet the numbers are NOT so close now...;-)

 

[Johnny Post]

For those continuing to ask who has been polled, I for one have. Approximately two weeks ago, a little less.

Interested Girl, you made reference to District 4 numbers. May be a coincidence, but the call I received did have a question for that race. Also, other races were polled, mainly the commissioners.

Also, while I agree that posting the actual poll would be best (I am sure some want you to scan the hard copy and go that far), I haven't heard Interested Girl say she had that poll, only that she had seen it.

WRobert, you might be able to help us here, but if a private citizen takes a poll, can they release it legally? I had been told by a candidate (not for the sheriff's position) that if a candidate pays for a poll as part of the campaign, that poll can be released, but if it is privately done, it cannot be released. So telling someone the results, or showing them the poll might not be illegal, but turning it over for public release might be?

Also, that poll on Topix, come on guys, you can vote multiple times.

 

[wrobert]

WRobert, you might be able to help us here, but if a private citizen takes a poll, can they release it legally? I had been told by a candidate (not for the sheriff's position) that if a candidate pays for a poll as part of the campaign, that poll can be released, but if it is privately done, it cannot be released. So telling someone the results, or showing them the poll might not be illegal, but turning it over for public release might be?

I can not think of a reason as to why, a private citizen, could not release a private poll. Polls are not advocating for any particular candidate and preventing the release would, imho, be a serious infringement of the 1st amendment. Of course, I also believe that the fact that you have to file paperwork if you spend over $100 to be serious constitutional issue.

 

[DFSboy]

Interested Girl,

You seem pretty smart. I agree. This explains why Adkinson has seemingly concentrated his campaign on North Walton, and not expressed great interest in South Walton at all.

Go ahead, let Cooper keep getting all of Johnson's "South Walton" votes, while Adkinson takes care of North Walton, thereby winning the primary. Fuel prices are high. If I'm right, with a moderately strong candidate (such as Cooper) collecting lots of votes on the south-end, essentially Adkinson didn't really have to travel across the bridge (331) during the entire campaign anyway. Yet still wins the primary.

See, other people... Adkinson seems to have turned it around and used his opposition to his own advantage. Historically, Walton candidates have concentrated mostly on the south-end to win an election. Flip, flop it around... fool people up good. Stay north, save gas, and eventually win the election, while all those other candidates go straight to the south-end to politic. To late for us northern folks now, though.

Go Adkinson!!

Adkinson collected the BIG, BIG majority of his support from the north-end. Do the math, people. "The North (Walton) shall rise again!" Just a little, "I told you so."

 

[The Watcher]

One of the dogs

Adkinson collected the BIG, BIG majority of his support from the north-end. Do the math, people. "The North (Walton) shall rise again!" Just a little, "I told you so."

You are very quick to "stick it in the face of the South End", I wonder why? Did Mike not get support down here? I think (know) that he did. So why would one of his supporters be so quick to dish it out and draw a line from N to S? I sincerely hope you are not a representation of the mentality of the new administration to come.

Your quick snaps to tell "us" that you told us so, expose your true colors. Instead of trying to make Walton County better, you seem to only want North Walton County to succeed. Sad way of thinking and if you are a reflection of the Adkinson Republican Campaign, I think I'll sit this one out.

w

 

[DFSboy]

You are very quick to "stick it in the face of the South End", I wonder why? Did Mike not get support down here? I think (know) that he did. So why would one of his supporters be so quick to dish it out and draw a line from N to S? I sincerely hope you are not a representation of the mentality of the new administration to come.

Your quick snaps to tell "us" that you told us so, expose your true colors. Instead of trying to make Walton County better, you seem to only want North Walton County to succeed. Sad way of thinking and if you are a reflection of the Adkinson Republican Campaign, I think I'll sit this one out.

w

The Watcher,

You don't have to sit any longer, stand up and be proud of Adkinson! "Sheriff Adkinson" become official in 2009, period. On November 4 the BIG, BIG majority of "south-end" voters will vote for him, first and foremost because he is a Republican. We all now the majority of South Walton Voters vote for the Republican Party in the General Elections. See, Mr. Watcher, he can still save his gas and stay north during the remainder of the campaign. Don't worry, I strongly believe he will serve the "south-end (mostly Cooper supporters)" with fairness, nevertheless.

 

[Johnny Post]

As a person who has openly admitted that he supported Adkinson, I continue to doubt the credibility of some of these posts. I highly doubt Mr. Adkinson feels the way DFSBoy does, and I continue to question if DFSBoy is truly a supporter of Adkinson, or merely someone trying to stir up anti-Adkinson sentiment.

And DFSBoy, if you truly do support Mr. Adkinson, on behalf of us other supporters, and those in SoWal, please, give it a rest.

 

[The Watcher]

Exactly my point

The Watcher,

You don't have to sit any longer, stand up and be proud of Adkinson! "Sheriff Adkinson" become official in 2009, period. On November 4 the BIG, BIG majority of "south-end" voters will vote for him, first and foremost because he is a Republican. We all now the majority of South Walton Voters vote for the Republican Party in the General Elections. See, Mr. Watcher, he can still save his gas and stay north during the remainder of the campaign. Don't worry, I strongly believe he will serve the "south-end (mostly Cooper supporters)" with fairness, nevertheless.

Again, you prove my point exactly on mark.

You are right, Mike will get the votes, he is the Rep. and he is best suited for the job, no questions there. Where I have issue is that you feel he can just "save gas" and not come see us all down here. Mistake. Do not assume anything. I know that Mike will serve the entire County to the best of his ability. It is people/supporters like yourself that want to push the envelope of N vs. S and that is the scary part. Will Mike surround himself with people like you? or will he look to do what is right for the County? Mike was never really the problem, it is some, I did say some, of those who support him. That sort of mentality is old, out of date and not productive to making WCSO #1.

As for the "south-end (mostly Cooper supporters)", you fail to see that Mike did get votes from us down here. Cooper also pulled votes from Mike up north. So, please stop stereotyping and stop making the other Adkinson supporters look bad by continuing to poke fun at the South End. Just an idea

w

 

[Interested Girl]

You have not yet responded to my request for the poll. Again, I call B.S.

I have a poll:

Who thinks this is B.S.?

BS= 100%

Reliable = 0%

If it walks like a duck...

w;-)

Guess it wasn't B.S. after all.