Election season in the city kicked off strong with a mayoral poll from Church Hill People's News which showed Stoney and Baliles as early front runners. Soon to follow were polls from CNU, Richmond Realtors and ChamberWorks RVA. Each poll has it's criticisms, but with Vote Together movements surfacing to avoid a Joe Morrissey outcome, the question remains- which candidate will step up? News outlets report this as a two person race between Berry and Morrissey; however, that does not mean a 3rd candidate can't pull out a win. How many votes would need to be pooled together for an alternative candidate to pull out the vote?

There are two parts to this article. The first is looking at some comparisons between the four polls with graphs and comments. The second is a case study trying to predict how many votes need to go where based on the ChamberWorks RVA poll.