Contact: Tom Swiss

(773) 485-9477
March 17, 2015

29th Ward: Tied

40% of ward still undecided
CHICAGO, IL - Ogden & Fry, conducted a 1-question poll for Aldertrack on Tuesday, March 17, 2015 for
29th Ward Alderman with 596 respondents.
Respondents were selected by random sampling of likely voters.
Deborah Graham
Chris Taliaferro
Undecided

180
180
236

30.2%
30.2%
39.6%

Margin of Error +/- 4.10% at 95% Confidence Interval

ANALYSIS
The 29th Ward Aldermanic race is tied. Conventional wisdom is that undecided votes do not break to a
well-known incumbent, but Alderman Graham does not qualify as well-known.
Since most activity in Municipal Elections occurs in the last 2 weeks, there is still room for further
development in this race.

METHODOLOGY
Ogden & Fry strives to increase the accuracy of political polling by measuring voters most likely to vote
based on voter history. Voting is a socialized behavior with predictable reliability and consistency.
Ogden & Fry, LLC - 1054 W. Fry St. - Chicago - 60642 - (312) 942-9161

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Ogden & Fry maintains a database with 20 years of voting history. For Chicago Aldermanic elections,
likely voters are randomly selected from voters who voted in at least 1 of the last 3 elections.

CROSSTABS
Respondents by Gender
Male
Female

246
350

41.3%
58.7%

Respondents by Age
Age 18 30
Age 31 - 45
Age 46 - 64
Age 65 plus

52
150
228
165

8.7%
25.2%
38.3%
27.7%

*Age could not be determined for 1 respondent

Respondents by Zipcode
60607 Count
60634 Count
60639 Count
60644 Count
60651 Count
60707 Count

4
22
61
301
86
122

Ogden & Fry, LLC - 1054 W. Fry St. - Chicago - 60642 - (312) 942-9161

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