he rah-rah quality of the early local media coverage of Duggan's bid to become Detroit's first white mayor since 1972, the poll showed him garnering support from only about 13.4 percent of respondents. Bing, meanwhile, got only 9.5 percent.
It's not clear how much these numbers will mirror the sentiments of those who'll go to the polls a year from now. But for now anyway, they do cast an interesting light over some of the talk about Duggan. (Again, whatever the media's storyline, the results don't show "nobody" out front, but rather Napoleon — with countless more decisions left to be made.)
Still, if these 800 are any kind of barometer for political sentiment in the city, it might not hurt to give a little closer listen a wider range of Detroiters (especially those registered and likely to vote) before power brokers and media observer get too caught up in their coronation story lines.
