To: Interested Parties

From: Celinda Lake, Daniel Gotoff, and Corey Teter, Lake Research Partners
RE: New Survey Shows Peduto Strongly Positioned in Pittsburgh Democratic Mayoral Primary
Date: March 3rd, 2017
A recent survey among likely 2017 Democratic Primary election voters in Pittsburgh shows Mayor Peduto
in a commanding position leading up to Mays primary.1 Democrats not only give the Mayor high marks
for the job he is doing and express optimism about the direction of the city under his leadership, they
overwhelmingly support his reelection in the upcoming Democratic Primary.

Key Findings

Mayor Peduto holds a more than 5-to-1

lead over his challengers in Democratic 57
Primary trial heat for mayor. In a three-way
race, Peduto dramatically outpaces his two
competitors, with 57% of the vote compared 26
to just 10% for Darlene Harris and 8% for Rev.
John Welch. In head-to-head matchups with 10 8
each challenger, Peduto performs even
stronger, increasing his lead over Harris, 61%
to 14%, and Welch, 61% to 12%. Peduto Harris Welch Undec./Other

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Partners
Celinda Lake
Solid majorities of Democratic Primary voters like Mayor Peduto personally and rate his job
Alysia Snell performance positively. Among Democratic Primary voters, Mayor Peduto is viewed very favorably
David Mermin or somewhat favorably by 74% of voters, while only 15% have an unfavorable impression of him. The
Dr. Robert G. Meadow
Mayor also scores high marks in terms of job performance, where just over six-in-ten (63%) voters
Daniel Gotoff
Joshua Ulibarri believe he is doing an excellent or good job in office.

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Lake Research Partners designed and administered this survey, which was conducted by phone using professional
interviewers. The survey reached a total of 400 likely May 2017 Democratic Primary Election Voters in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania. The survey was conducted February 27th through March 1st, 2017. The margin of error is +/-4.9%.
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Both Darlene Harris and John Welch are largely unknown. Harris and Welch garner favorability
ratings of only 31% and 17% respectively. In the case of Harris, her negatives (17% unfavorable) are
higher than the Mayors even though a slight majority (52%) of voters has no opinion or has never
heard of the councilwoman (30% no opinion, 23% never heard). Welchs profile is even more obscure
with over half of the primary electorate (51%) having never heard of him, and another 30% who say
they have no opinion of him.

Bottom Line
In summary, Mayor Peduto is a very strong incumbent and is in solid position to win the Democratic
Primary this May. An aggressive communication effort which highlights the Mayors achievements in
office and his commitment to continue moving the city forward should set the Mayor on path for a robust
re-election in November.