THE SECOND POLL: KNOX MAKES BIG GAINS

JANUARY, 2007: The second Daily News Keystone poll in the Mayor's race has been released by Franklin & Marshall College -- and this time, the big news is that Tom Knox's spending on advertising is paying off. The percentage of voters who said that, if the election were held today, they'd vote for Knox leapt from 1 percent to 22 percent since July 2006, when the first poll in the race was taken.

Full Keystone Poll results here; in pdf form, here.

First Keystone poll results here; other past Keystone Polls here.

Our complete coverage:

Money talks - ask Knox - though race for mayor 'still very fluid' (1/31/07) Daily News

John Baer: Can this guy actually win? (1/31/07) Daily News

The issue is crime (1/31/07) Daily News

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The Would-be Mayors

Though it's still very early in the campaign, here's the results of the horse race.

Potential voters were asked: If the Democratic primary election for Philadelphia's mayor were being held today, who would you vote for?

Chaka Fattah: 26%	Tom Knox: 22%	Michael Nutter: 12%
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Dwight Evans: 10%	Bob Brady: 8%	Do not know: 22%