About the Poll
The Washington Poll is a non-partisan, academic survey research project sponsored by the Washington Institute for the Study of Ethnicity & Race (WISER), a research center at the University of Washington in the School of Social Sciences. Dr. Matt Barreto, an Assistant Professor of Political Science is the Director of WISER and a co-principal investigator on this survey. The survey was administered by telephone, by Pacific Market Research, in Renton, WA, based on a randomly selected list of phone numbers using a list of registered voters. The survey was in the field from October 18 – 26, 2008. A total of 600 registered voters throughout the state of Washington were interviewed, yielding in a 4.0% margin of error. Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding. A second poll of 400 registered voters will be fielded Oct 27- Nov 1 2008, and results will be released on Nov 1. Questions/Comments: info@washingtonpoll.org
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2008 Presidential Vote Choice:
If the election for president were held today, and the candidates were Barack Obama, the Democrat, John McCain, the Republican, Ralph Nader, the Independent, Bob Barr the Libertarian, or Cynthia McKinney the Green, for whom would you vote? Obama – Certain Obama – could change
Undecided – lean Obama
51 % 3 1
32%
55%
McCain – Certain McCain– could change
Undecided – lean McCain
2 0 5% 6%
34%
Someone Else Undecided/Don’t know
Statewide sample = 600 registered voters, +/- 4%
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2008 Presidential Vote Choice: If the election for President were held today, who would you vote for?
( read across )
Obama McCain Other Democrat Republican Independent Puget Sound region Eastern Washington 96% 8% 52% 61% 40% 2% 86% 26% 28% 51% 1% 2% 12% 5% 5% Undec. 2% 4% 11% 6% 4%
Other part of state
Statewide sample = 600 registered voters, +/- 4%
56%
32%
6%
7%
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2008 Gubernatorial Vote Choice:
If the election for Governor were held today, and the candidates were Christine Gregoire, the Democrat, or Dino Rossi, the GOP candidate, for whom would you vote? Gregoire – Certain Gregoire – could change
Undecided – lean Gregoire
48 % 3 0.4
43%
51%
Rossi – Certain Rossi – could change
Undecided – lean Rossi
1 1
45%
Undecided/Don’t know
Statewide sample = 600 registered voters, +/- 4%
3.5%
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2008 Gubernatorial Vote Choice: If the election for Governor were held today, who would you vote for? ( read across )
Gregoire Rossi Democrat Republican Independent Puget Sound region Eastern Washington 90% 7% 48% 57% 34% 7% 93% 47% 40% 61%
Undec. 4% 0% 5% 4% 5%
Other part of state
Statewide sample = 600 registered voters, +/- 4%
55%
43%
1%
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Initiative 985:
On statewide ballot initiative 985 -- a transportation measure that would open carpool lanes to all traffic during non-peak hours and ask that toll money only be spent on the highway where it was collected, and other provisions -- will you vote yes or no on 985 ?
Yes I-985 – Certain Yes I-985 – could change Undecided – lean Yes No I-985 – Certain No I-985– could change Undecided – lean No
36 % 6 3
39%
45%
3 1 12%
43%
Undecided/Don’t know
Statewide sample = 600 registered voters, +/- 4%
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Initiative 985: On statewide ballot initiative 985, a transportation measure that would open carpool lanes to all traffic during non-peak hours and ask that toll money only be spent on the highway where it was collected, and other provisions, will you vote yes or no on 985?
Yes Democrat Republican Independent Puget Sound region 33% 56% 49% 47%
No 55% 27% 44% 40%
Undecided 12% 18% 7% 14%
Eastern Washington
Other part of state
Statewide sample = 600 registered voters, +/- 4%
46%
42%
41%
52%
13%
7%
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Initiative 1000:
On statewide ballot initiative 1000 -- a measure that would allow terminally ill adults with six months or less to live to receive a prescription for a life-ending medication -- will you vote yes or no on 1000? Yes I-1000 – certain Yes I-1000 – could change Undecided – lean Yes No I-1000 – certain No I-1000 – could change Undecided – lean No Undecided/Don’t know
Statewide sample = 600 registered voters, +/- 4%
51 % 3 2 35 3 0 6%
56%
38%
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Initiative 1000: On statewide ballot initiative 1000 -- a measure that would allow terminally ill adults with six months or less to live to receive a prescription for a life-ending medication -- will you vote yes or no on 1000?
Yes Democrat Republican Independent Puget Sound region 75% 25 60 55
No 21% 66 35 39
Undecided 5% 9 5 7
Eastern Washington
Other part of state
Statewide sample = 600 registered voters, +/- 4%
53
62
41
35
6
4
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Initiative 1029:
On statewide ballot initiative 1029 -- a measure that would raise standards for long-term care workers, such as increased training and examinations -- will you vote yes or no on 1029?
Yes on I-1029 – certain Yes on I-1029 – could change Undecided – lean Yes No on I-1029 – certain No on I-1029 – could change Undecided – lean No
55 % 7 3 17% 3 0
65%
20%
Undecided/Don’t know
15%
Statewide sample = 600 registered voters, +/- 4%
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Initiative 1029:
On statewide ballot initiative 1029 -- a measure that would raise standards for longterm care workers, such as increased training and examinations -- will you vote yes or no on 1029?
Yes Democrat 72%
No 16%
Undecided 12%
Republican
Independent Puget Sound region Eastern Washington Other part of state
Statewide sample = 600 registered voters, +/- 4%
52
68 64 69 63
28
19 20 19 22
20
14 17 12 15
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Proposition 1:
On Proposition 1 -- a public transit measure that would expand light rail into the Seattle suburbs at the cost of 17.9 billion dollars -- will you vote yes or no on Proposition 1?
Yes on Prop. 1 – certain Yes on Prop. 1 – could change Undecided – lean Yes No on Prop. 1 – certain No on Prop. 1 – could change Undecided – lean No Undecided/Don’t know
38% 7 5 36% 4 3 7%
50%
43%
Only among voters in RTID ~ sample = 211, margin of error is +/- 6.7
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Proposition 1:
On Proposition 1 -- a public transit measure that would expand light rail into the Seattle suburbs at the cost of 17.9 billion dollars -- will you vote yes or no on Proposition 1?
Yes Democrat Republican Independent King County Pierce/Snohomish
Statewide sample = 600 registered voters, +/- 4%
No 24% 80 37 41 45
Undecided 9% 4 10 6 10
68% 15 53 53 45
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