KHOU Mayor's Race Poll: Still Searching For City Voters

Wheeee! KHOU recently called 500 registered voters who said, "What the heck, yes, I'll vote for mayor. I think I will, anyway. There's an election? Is Obama running against that rogue lady in the shorts?" They were asked who they would vote for in the December 12th mayoral runoff, and their responses were:

Peter Brown 24%
Annise Parker 16%
Gene Locke 14%
Roy Morales 5%

When told Brown wasn't running this go round, and neither was that measly 5-percenter Morales, 71% of the dejected, not-so-likely voters, voted for statistical tie. 29% admitted they had no idea what KHOU was asking about.

Unaffiliated political consultants Bob Stein, Keir Murray and Alan Blakemore offered this analysis:

Voters are clearly confused, as are we. We don't know why the numbers look as out of whack as that Oct. 27th KHOU poll that bloggers were so whiny about. Voters deserve to know why Annise Parker has the most predictive polling. It's unfortunate that it's impossible to find out who has ever voted in a city election before - or, dream on, a city runoff - because if we could, this poll could have actually meant something. As it is, voters are left wondering, "who will release a biker ad, so I know who to vote for?"

The crosstabs show Locke admitting he met with Hotze and Morales asking for their endorsement, and incurring the wrath of Gerry Birnberg and and all good Democrats.

(Wondering what I'm talking about and want to see a more serious look at the poll? Check out Kuff. Not that he takes the poll seriously, but he does do a real analysis of it.)