Philly: Poll shows slim lead for Street

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By Thomas Fitzgerald
Inquirer Staff Writer

Mayor Street holds a narrow lead over GOP challenger Sam Katz as the candidates make their final appeals to an electorate sharply divided along racial lines, according to The Inquirer Poll.

Street was the choice of 46 percent of city voters surveyed; 41 percent favored Katz in the poll, which has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points. Twelve percent said they were undecided, and 1 percent planned to vote for John Staggs of the Socialist Workers Party.

The poll results are starkly different, however, when the views of black and white Philadelphians are weighed separately.

Among black voters polled, 82 percent said they planned to vote for Street versus just 5 percent for Katz. White voters favored Katz over Street, 71 percent to 17 percent.

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1. Street will eke out a win

These results are basically the same as they were a few weeks ago. The race has not changed at all. Katz has definitely lost whatever momentum he had a month or so ago. I predict a Street win that is between 1 and 5 points.