Chicago mayor candidates Brandon Johnson and Paul Vallas are in a dead heat less than 2 weeks before the runoff election date, a new poll shows.
shows it is now a dead heat between Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson with less than two weeks until the runoff election.The poll shows voters are lining up in large measure along racial lines; nearly three quarters of Black voters are supporting Johnson while Vallas gets similar support among white voters.
"I think that Brandon Johnson campaign has done what they need to do up to this point; they have coalesced their progressive coalition, and he has started to shore up his support on the South and West sides of the of the city," said Rod McCulloch of Victory Research Polling."Part of this movement of the African American voters is that 'Paul Vallas is a Republican' message," McCullloch said.
Vallas was asked about the tightening race while getting endorsed by a Cook County Democratic women's group."I'm not going to comment on the polls other than to say, we're right on target. We have confidence in our message. We have confidence that our issues are resonating. We feel that we're gonna do well," he said.
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