It's pretty typical for trends in general elections. Through their cycle of a term they start at a high and go down just before the election.

The fact that we're only at 14 percent is pretty good. They're looking at the record of Jim Doyle and is this good and I want to stay the course, or is this bad and I want a change.

There's some wiggle room there. It means Lautenschlager might be vulnerable.

It's totally up for grabs at this point.

It should be a pretty interesting year with the elections. You have to watch how the council votes during an election year, and it's always interesting to see what happens.

With the exception of a little plateau here or there, they have pretty much gone up steadily