Straw Polls (Naperville Mayor and City Council)

So I see that Positively Naperville has got a few straw polls up regarding the April 7 Naperville Mayoral and City Council elections (results of past rounds here).  They’ve put up a fair amount of information on the candidates here, with the candidates’ answers to questionnaires, etc.  PN acknowledges that online, participant-driven polls are unscientific, but hopes they’ll be useful and interesting nonetheless:

Over the course of January, February and March, several straw polls will be conducted with each one starting over, seeking a new sample of approximately 750 to 1,000 voters, always hoping to limit the margin of error of what’s trending in the local voting population.

Still, nothing, nothing, nothing is official or scientific about PN’s straw polls.  Our guidelines have come from statisticians who use statistical methods to collect and analyze data— and we’ve welcomed their suggestions to acquire the best random sample possible.

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Let us remind readers again PN’s straw polls are absolutely unofficial and unscientific;  yet, we do absolutely think every educated vote in this election is kind of a big deal.

Again, here’s the mayoral straw poll, and here’s the one for city council.  Why not head on over and express yourself?

And by the way, the NTDO is hosting a candidates’ forum for the mayoral candidates on March 26.  I hope you can join us for that.