The poll focuses on Pensacola city voters that are registered as Republican or No Party Affiliation. Those surveyed were contacted on landlines, primarily white (89%) and 45 or older (61%).
These are the overall results:
| Total | % | |
| D.C Reeves | 143 | 34.8% |
| Steve Sharp | 121 | 29.4% |
| Jewel Cannada-Wynn | 55 | 13.4% |
| Sherri Myers | 53 | 12.9% |
| Undecided | 39 | 9.5% |
Democrats and Black voters might be the swing votes in a tight primary. Escambiavotes.com doesn’t have the demographic for 2018 city primaries, but county-wide, Democrats made up 36% of the votes cast. The biggest draw for Democrats on Aug. 23 is the governor’s race – Charlie Crist vs. Nikki Fried. Four years ago, both parties had contested primaries.
In August 2018, 16,275 votes were cast in the mayor’s race. In 2010, 12,985 votes were cast. There wasn’t a mayoral primary in 2014.
The split among registered city voters is:
Democrats: 15,842 (38.9%)
Republicans: 15,879 (38.9%)
NPA: 8,239 (20.2%)
Other: 809 (2.0%)
Total: 40,769
Racial split:
White: 29,246 (71.7%)
Black: 8,236 (20.2%)
Hispanic: 902 (2.2%)
Other: 2,385 (5.8%)
As with any primary, the results will depend on who gets out the vote best. Read Reeves and Sharp are in a statistical dead heat going into the Primary Election
| Gender: Male | ||
| D.C Reeves | 82 | 38.3% |
| Steve Sharp | 57 | 26.6% |
| Sherri Myers | 34 | 12.1% |
| Jewel Cannada-Wynn | 26 | 15.9% |
| Undecided | 15 | 7.0% |
| 214 | ||
| Gender: Female | ||
| D.C Reeves | 61 | 31.4% |
| Steve Sharp | 63 | 32.5% |
| Sherri Myers | 19 | 9.8% |
| Jewel Cannada-Wynn | 27 | 13.9% |
| Undecided | 24 | 12.4% |
| 194 | ||
| AGE GROUPS | ||
| 21 & Under | ||
| D.C Reeves | 4 | 33.3% |
| Steve Sharp | 4 | 33.3% |
| Sherri Myers | 1 | 8.3% |
| Jewel Cannada-Wynn | 2 | 16.7% |
| Undecided | 1 | 8.3% |
| 12 | ||
| 22-34 | ||
| D.C Reeves | 31 | 45.6% |
| Steve Sharp | 20 | 29.4% |
| Sherri Myers | 4 | 5.9% |
| Jewel Cannada-Wynn | 10 | 14.7% |
| Undecided | 3 | 4.4% |
| 68 | ||
| 35-44 | ||
| D.C Reeves | 28 | 34.6% |
| Steve Sharp | 22 | 27.2% |
| Sherri Myers | 9 | 11.1% |
| Jewel Cannada-Wynn | 10 | 12.3% |
| Undecided | 12 | 14.8% |
| 81 | ||
| 45-64 | ||
| D.C Reeves | 53 | 33.8% |
| Steve Sharp | 42 | 26.8% |
| Sherri Myers | 29 | 18.5% |
| Jewel Cannada-Wynn | 20 | 12.7% |
| Undecided | 13 | 8.3% |
| 157 | ||
| 65+ | ||
| D.C Reeves | 27 | 29.0% |
| Steve Sharp | 33 | 35.5% |
| Sherri Myers | 10 | 10.8% |
| Jewel Cannada-Wynn | 13 | 14.0% |
| Undecided | 10 | 10.8% |
| 93 | ||
| RACE | ||
| White | ||
| D.C Reeves | 130 | 31.6% |
| Steve Sharp | 110 | 26.8% |
| Sherri Myers | 44 | 10.7% |
| Jewel Cannada-Wynn | 46 | 11.2% |
| Undecided | 36 | 8.8% |
| 366 | ||
| Black | ||
| D.C Reeves | 6 | 35.3% |
| Steve Sharp | 4 | 23.5% |
| Sherri Myers | 4 | 23.5% |
| Jewel Cannada-Wynn | 3 | 17.6% |
| Undecided | 0 | 0.0% |
| 17 | ||
| Other | ||
| D.C Reeves | 4 | 33.3% |
| Steve Sharp | 2 | 16.7% |
| Sherri Myers | 0 | 0.0% |
| Jewel Cannada-Wynn | 4 | 33.3% |
| Undecided | 2 | 16.7% |
| 12 | ||
| PARTY | ||
| NPA | ||
| D.C Reeves | 42 | 33.9% |
| Steve Sharp | 39 | 31.5% |
| Sherri Myers | 20 | 16.1% |
| Jewel Cannada-Wynn | 15 | 12.1% |
| Undecided | 8 | 6.5% |
| 124 | ||
| Republican | ||
| D.C Reeves | 101 | 35.2% |
| Steve Sharp | 82 | 28.6% |
| Sherri Myers | 33 | 11.5% |
| Jewel Cannada-Wynn | 40 | 13.9% |
| Undecided | 31 | 10.8% |
| 287 |