Trends Reviews and Recaps

The Philadelphia mayoral race, pitting incumbent Mayor John F. Street (D) against businessman Sam Katz (R), is neck and neck, according to the latest polls.

According to a brief piece in today’s Philadelphia Inquirer, a poll taken for the Democrats showed Street leading Katz, 45 percent to 40 percent (Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin & Associates, 500 likely voters, September 10-13, margin of error: +/- 4.4 percent)

But another poll, performed for KYW-TV, shows Katz leading Street, 46 percent to 40 percent (Temple University, 427 likely voters, September 5-16, margin of error: +/- 5 percent).