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Factors saved (Phoenix) Mayor Gordon from recall
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Edited | Thomas Walker Sep 17, 2008 12:32pm |
| Category | General |
| News Date | Aug 30, 2008 12:00pm |
| Description | Mayor Phil Gordon's continuing popularity and key logistical hurdles faced by organizers helped ensure the failure of this summer's recall effort against the mayor, analysts said.
A Rocky Mountain Poll released this month showed that 53 percent of residents think Gordon is doing a good job, with only 14 percent rating his performance unfavorably.
That support, which has remained strong despite Gordon's support of an unpopular immigration-reform plan, is among the reasons anti-illegal-immigration activists failed to collect the signatures needed to force a recall election.
American Citizens United had four months to gather 23,571 valid signatures. But when Thursday's deadline came, organizers stayed home, saying they had not collected the 40,000 signatures they believed were needed to ensure they had enough eligible voters. |
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