If these polls hold, it looks as though we will still be voting for the Superintendent of Schools here in Escambia County. According to a new Inweekly/Political Matrix poll of 466 100-percent Escambia County voters, it looks as though 53.4 percent still want the opportunity to vote for their superintendent with 38.4 percent saying they favor the appointment of the superintendent by the school board. This leaves us with 8.1 percent still either needing more information or are still uncertain as to where they stand with regards to this issue.
PYP has been able to pick up more than nine-percentage points since our July 7 poll, but the group hasn’t had the time to fully spread its message.
| 3-Nov | 7-Jul | |
| Appointed | 38.4% | 29.1% |
| Elected | 53.4% | 57.6% |
| Need more info | 3.4% | 8.3% |
| Undecided | 4.7% | 5.0% |
METHODOLOGY:
The persons sampled were likely Escambia County voters with a voting score of 100 percent for the general election cycles. The voters were called using an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system during the hours of 12PM to 8PM Nov. 2-3. The Margin of Error for this study is +/- 3.5 percent with a confidence level of 95 percent.