Over half of people polled on the Raglan 23 website as to who the current Mayor of Waikato District is, don’t know who the current Mayor is and some of them even thought the organisation’s Chief Executive, Gavin Ion, was the Mayor. Others thought that Raglan Ward Councillor, Clint Baddeley, was the Mayor while some even thought that Hamilton City’s Mayor, Julie Hardaker, was also the Mayor of Waikato District. Only 45% knew that Allan Sanson was the Waikato Mayor.
This confusion with 25% saying they didn’t know who the Mayor was, coupled with the low visibility of the Waikato Mayor in Raglan should make for some interesting voting in this year’s local body elections, even though Waikato District usually has the lowest voter turnout in New Zealand. Perhaps with five candidates (Bruce Cameron, Blair Donaldson, Frank McInally, Allan Sanson and Noel Smith) to show choose from, more people will vote this time.
Thank you to everybody who voted.
The full poll results with 40 people completing the poll:
Raglan is in Waikato District. The Mayor of Waikato District is
- Allan Sanson (45%, 18 Votes)
- Don’t Know (25%, 10 Votes)
- Gavin Ion (8%, 3 Votes)
- None of these (8%, 3 Votes)
- Peter Buckley (5%, 2 Votes)
- Clint Baddeley (5%, 2 Votes)
- Julie Hardaker (5%, 2 Votes)
- Dynes Fulton (0%, 0 Votes)
- Theresa Stark (0%, 0 Votes)