Last week, I reported on the poll that Amanda Fritz’ campaign put out.

This week, Fritz tells us more about it.

My aim is to make everything in my campaign open and transparent, so this is to confirm that last week I commissioned a poll to inform my message choices in my race for Portland City Council. All candidates for Position 1 were included. I did not comment on your Blogtown post last week, because phone calls were still being made and I did not want to skew the results.

At the very end of the poll, the script called for the interviewer to state, “This poll was paid for by Amanda for Portland 2008”. When I asked the pollster and my campaign consultant to include that phrase, there was a surprised pause. “We’ve never been asked to do that before”, they said. I replied that this poll is being conducted with public money, and that Portland’s taxpayers should not have to wonder or dig to find out how public money is spent. Further, I believe the poll is an important direct campaign expense. I am proud of the positive, objective questions the poll asked.

We paid $12,000 for the poll. Its purpose is to help me perfect my message to voters about my experience and plans for Portland’s future. It is not a media poll and will be used internally.

Amanda Fritz, RN, MA
www.AmandaFritzforCityCouncil.com