Police Chief Sam Dotson Tops List of People Readers Don’t Want Elected Mayor in 2017
When I first decided to do a poll about the 2017 race for mayor I was going to have readers pick one or two candidates they wanted to win, but I knew that would get their fans trying to get other fans to sway the outcome. So I reversed who — who do you not want?
Remember — these polls are non-scientific and are not representative of the city as a whole.
Q: In 2017, who would you NOT like to be elected the next St. Louis Mayor? Pick up to 3
- Sam Dotson 58 [19.14%]
- Lewis Reed 51 [16.83%]
- Tishaura Jones 39 [12.87%]
- Antonio French 36 [11.88%]
- Jamilah Nasheed 32 [10.56%]
- Vince Schoemehl 28 [9.24%]
- Jennifer Joyce 20 [6.6%]
- Gregg Daly 15 [4.95%]
- Lyda Krewson 10 [3.3%]
- Jeffrey Boyd 7 [2.31%]
- Other: 4 1.32% 1.32%
- CEO IMO’S Franchises Inc 1
- Bruce Franks 3
- Jason Hall 3 [0.99%]
The number of votes was higher than usual, but the results stayed consistent throughout the day.
At this point, only two have formally announced their candidacy for mayor: Lyda Krewson & Lewis Reed. Filing hasn’t even opened yet, but there will be many more before it closes in the first week of January.
— Steve Patterson
I heart Tishaura Jones, she’s a technocrat. But I don’t think she’ll run, there’s too many better known names.
The statistics created by this informal poll are interesting. Over HALF of the respondents want nothing to do with either Sam Dotson or Lewis Reed, both of whom represent a tired, mundane political routine that has proven over the years to be ineffective and flaccid. And a third of the respondents “give the boot” to Treasurer Tishaura Jones, and thumbs down to Tony French and Jamilah Nahseed, probably because all three of these candidates tend to be voyeurs vs doers, and status-quo. What has any one of the three done that is in any way enlightening, creative or even noteworthy? Let’s hope St Louis voters are so dissatisfied with the current good-old-boys political system that they’ll finally get behind a Jeff Boyd or a Jennifer Joyce, both of whom appear to be independent thinkers and who appear to lack ties with the movers and shakers who are slowly but surely destroying St Louis.
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Let’s hope this informal poll helps convince Dotson to NOT run.