According to an Inweekly/Political Matrix poll of 420 likely GOP District 4 Escambia County voters, the county commissioner race is still too close to call with Robert Bender having 16.2% followed closely by Greg Litton with 13.1% and Boyce White having 12.4% of the vote. All three are within the margin of error of 4.5%.
Following White, we have Bill Fetke with 11.4%, Kendrick Doidge with 10% and Terry Strickland with 7.6% of the vote. Over 23 percent either don’t know nothing about the candidates or were still undecided.
Fetke has shown the largest gain since the June 22 poll going from fifth place with 6.7% to fourth with 11.4% – up 4.7 points. Litton jumped up by 4.5 points.
| 28-Jul | 22-Jun | 29-Mar | |
| Robert Bender | 16.2% | 13.8% | 11.3% |
| Greg Litton | 13.1% | 8.6% | – |
| Boyce White | 12.4% | 9.1% | 8.5% |
| Bill Fetke | 11.4% | 6.7% | 3.1% |
| Kendrick Doidge | 10.0% | 6.2% | 5.9% |
| Terry Strickland | 7.6% | 8.4% | 4.4% |
| Undecided | 23.6% | 38.4% | 62.7% |
| Don’t know candidates | 5.7% | 8.8% |
The persons sampled were likely voters of District 4 GOP primaries in Escambia County. They were called using an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system during the hours of 2PM to 8PM July 26-28. The phone numbers called were provided by Escambia Supervisor of Elections Office. The Margin of Error for this study is +/- 4.5% with a confidence level of 95%.
