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# Two New Polls Show Dead Heat In Mayor's Race; But Are They Believable?
April 08 2013
Written by Gene Maddaus.
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Today we have two new polls in the LA mayor's race, and both show Eric Garcetti and Wendy Greuel in a statistical dead heat.
The Garcetti campaign dismissed the numbers, while the Greuel campaign embraced them as a sign that she has "momentum" following her second-place finish in the March 5 primary. As is usually the case, there's ample reason to be skeptical about these numbers, so let's get into it.
The first poll is from Tulchin Research, and was conducted March 28-April 2 on behalf of Dennis Zine's campaign for city controller.
Garcetti 44
Greuel 43
The survey included 600 likely voters, with a 4% margin of error. There's nothing obviously strange about that result. But then look at the result in the controller's race:
Dennis Zine 48
Ron Galperin 24
Something's off there. Just last month, Galperin beat Zine 37.8% to 36.5% in the primary. Parke Skelton, Galperin's consultant, issued a memo last night calling the poll "preposterous on its face." *[(Read more here.)](http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2013/04/two_polls_dead_heat.php?print=true)*
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