On May 23, 2018, the Lindholm Company Blog, released the results of a series of polls:
The elected auditor started with strong support which steadily declined. By two weeks before the election it was in serious trouble — being under 50% and having dropped 13 points in support.
QUESTION: City of Eugene Measure 20-283 Amends Charter: establishes office, duties of independent elected City Auditor: Shall City Charter be amended to, establish office of elected City Auditor to independently audit city operations and activities”? IF YES/NO: Is that strongly or somewhat? IF DON’T KNOW: Which way do you lean?
METHODOLOGY: 200 live telephone interviews of likely City of Eugene 2018 Primary voters were conducted each of April 2-3, April 16-17 and April 30-May 2, 2018. The margin of error for each survey at the sample median is plus or minus 7%.