Lorenzo Martin leads in the District 1 Council race

On October 23^rd, 2012 the citizens of Prichard will head back to the polls in a runoff election to cast their votes for their next Council member in District 1 of Prichard, Alabama.

The “POLITICAL BEACON “conducted a poll on the race for the City Council seat District 1 to see what the voters of District 1 have in mind. We conducted a general poll of 208 likely registered voters within District 1 from September 15-September 28 and we ask the likely voters who is their choice for their next Council member.

In the recent poll we conducted this is a tight race between both candidates, Lorenzo Martin edges out Herman Towner.

Lorenzo Martin - 44%
Herman Towner – 41%
Undecided - 15%

Lorenzo Martin is favored by 44% of the 208 likely registered voters we polled for the upcoming runoff election, with incumbent councilman Herman Towner trailing by 3 points in the most recent poll conducted by the Political Beacon.

Martin is seeking to win his first elected public office, and Herman Towner is currently a member of the City Council for the City of Prichard, which he wants to serve another term.

The Political Beacon asked whether a lack of leadership from the current council and their current council member on the environmental issue, was affecting their choice for their next council member.

Yes – 53%
No - 40%
Maybe – 7%

We also asked the likely voters if they was satisfied with the current leadership of their Council member on the City Council overall.

Yes – 39%
No – 48%
Somewhat – 13%

On October 23^rd the citizens and voters of District 1 will have a chance to go out and make their case, for what is better for them.

Again this is another race where each candidate have to turn out the vote in their favor on Election Day.

The polls will open on October 23, 2012 from 7am -7pm.  You are more than welcome to call the city hall for your respective polling precinct.