Survey underscores significant economic concerns among voters, reveals consistent favorable support for a series of specific policy proposals

PHILADELPHIA – April 23, 2015 – As the Philadelphia Democratic primary election enters its final month, a new poll commissioned by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), finds that Jim Kenney, Anthony Hardy Williams, and Lynne Abraham are still locked in a tight three-way race.
Jim Kenney (26 percent) holds a slim 1-point lead over Anthony Hardy Williams (25 percent) and a 4-point advantage over Lynne Abraham (22 percent), with nearly 1-in-5 likely Democratic primary voters still undecided (18 percent).

The poll, conducted by GBA Strategies which surveys 587 likely Democratic primary voters, also finds that Philadelphia voters embrace economic priorities focused squarely on wages and increased opportunity for those struggling to get by in an economy that rewards big corporations and the wealthy at the expense of workers and the middle class.

In addition, among voters, consistently popular economic messages and policy priorities for the next Mayor emerge across typical dividing lines in the city’s politics, including age, gender, race, and geography.