Contact: Tom Swiss

(773) 485-9477
March 22, 2015

18th Ward: Curtis +22

37% ward still undecided
CHICAGO, IL - Ogden & Fry, conducted a 1-question poll for Aldertrack on Sunday, March 22, 2015 for
18th Ward Alderman with 594 respondents.
Respondents were selected by random sampling of likely voters.
Derrick Curtis
Lona Lane
Undecided

252
122
220

42.4%
20.5%
37.0%

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

ANALYSIS
18th Ward Democratic Committeeman and Ward Superintendent Derrick Curtis has developed a
significant lead over Alderman Lona Lane. With 37% of the voters still undecided, Curtis will only need to
get 1 out of 4 undecided votes to be successful.
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, LLC - 1054 W. Fry St. - Chicago - 60642 - (312) 942-9161

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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 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

243
351

40.9%
59.1%

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

80
162
219
133

13.5%
27.3%
36.9%
22.4%

Respondents by Zipcode
60620 Count
60629 Count
60636 Count
60652 Count

52
80
14
448

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

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