Poll shows majority of Spokane residents would vote to oust mayor

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http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid22062.asp

More than six in 10 people responding to a poll said they would vote to oust Spokane, Wash., mayor James E. West if a special recall election were held today, a newspaper and television station report. The telephone poll of 1,108 city residents, who are registered voters likely to vote in the December 6 special recall election, was the first snapshot of how Spokane voters feel about West over a City Hall sex scandal.

The Research 2000 poll, conducted Sunday through Wednesday, was paid for by The Spokesman-Review and KREM-TV, which released results Thursday. It has a 3% margin of error. "Fortunately, the election is not going to be held today. The only poll that matters is the one held on election day," West responded. The mayor said he was "not surprised, given the pounding of me The Spokesman-Review has done for the last six months, that people would be of that opinion."