* Not too surprising, considering all the problems he’s had. The one bright spot is that 51 percent overall think Mayor Emanuel should not resign. But that’s pretty cold comfort…
Only 27 percent of Chicagoans approve of his job performance, while a record 63 percent disapprove. The poll was conducted by Research America Inc., featuring live landline and cellphone interviews with 985 registered city voters from Jan. 20-28. It has an error margin of 3.2 percentage points. […]
Overall, 59 percent of city voters said they viewed Emanuel as not honest and trustworthy, including 64 percent of Hispanics, 63 percent of African Americans and 51 percent of whites. Only 27 percent of city voters said they considered the mayor to be honest and trustworthy. […]
Only 21 percent of voters agreed with Emanuel’s decision to fight the McDonald shooting video release, while 68 percent said the mayor’s actions to delay the release were not justified. […]
(O)nly 17 percent of voters said they believed Emanuel’s explanation of how he learned the details of the case. An additional 74 percent said they did not believe Emanuel’s version of how the events unfolded, including 83 percent of African-Americans, 76 percent of Hispanics and 67 percent of whites. The poll’s margin of error among racial and ethnic subgroups was 5.7 percentage points. […]
Asked if the mayor should resign from office, 51 percent said Emanuel should not resign, while 41 percent said he should step down. That finding is largely due to support from white voters.
* And one more…
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