Saturday, February 18, 2006
Andy Martin Sues Tribune Over Polling Methods
It looks like GOP gubernatorial candidate Andy Martin managed to figure out how to get some ink in the Chicago Tribune. He sued the Trib over it took its poll, which showed him at 1%, alleging that his name was not even mentioned as a candidate.
The seeming lack of inclusion was his ticket into the Channel 7-League of Women Voters debate. The League only allows folks in who get a certain percentage in a non-candidate affiliated poll which includes all the candidates on the ballot.
In 2002, that threshold was 5% and I met it in the early fall Daily Southtown poll. (Having met the League’s criterion, power party candidates Jim Ryan and Rod Blagojevich decided not to accept the League’s invitation. Good strategy.)
In any event, the League has invited Martin to the debate because it thought no poll had mentioned all five candidates’ names.
If the Tribune says Martin was included, and it does in today’s story, my guess is that the League will revoke his invitation.
The seeming lack of inclusion was his ticket into the Channel 7-League of Women Voters debate. The League only allows folks in who get a certain percentage in a non-candidate affiliated poll which includes all the candidates on the ballot.
In 2002, that threshold was 5% and I met it in the early fall Daily Southtown poll. (Having met the League’s criterion, power party candidates Jim Ryan and Rod Blagojevich decided not to accept the League’s invitation. Good strategy.)
In any event, the League has invited Martin to the debate because it thought no poll had mentioned all five candidates’ names.
If the Tribune says Martin was included, and it does in today’s story, my guess is that the League will revoke his invitation.
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