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Council members Coleman Young II and Mary Waters
The latest Detroit News-WDIV polls shows Detroit City Council incumbents Mary Waters and Coleman Young II with comfortable leads for their at-large seats, the Detroit News reports. Both were first elected to a four-year term in 2021.
The poll conducted by the Glengariff Group from May 27-29, surveyed of 500 likely Aug. 5 primary voters. They were read 10 candidates' names and asked for their first and second choices.
The poll shows 32 percent percent of the voters supported Waters as their first choice and 18 percent as their second. As for Young, 21 percent picked him for their first choice and 32 percent as their second.
In all, 29.3 percent of voters were undecided as to their first choice and 29.5 percent as to their second choice, The News reports.
Young's combined percentage was 53 percent and Waters' was 50 percent, The News reports. Former Councilwoman Janeé Ayers had the third highest at first and second choice: 9.8 percent and 4.5 percent, respectively.
Here's how other candidates fared with combined percentages: James Harris, 7.4 percent; Shakira Hawkins, 6.4 percent; Levan Adams, 2.9 percent; Victoria Collier, 2.9 percent; Gary Hunter, 2.8 percent; Ramon Jackson, 1.4 pecent; and Valerie Parker, 1.1 percent.
The top four candidates in the August primary move on to the general election in November. The two top candidates win the seats.
