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Tag Archives: Poll Watch

Putting a right wing poll of Washington State under the microscope: An evaluation of Echelon/Future42’s spring 2023 survey

Excerpt: This detailed analysis examines the flaws of a statewide public opinion research survey released by a right wing group in Washington State in late June of 2023.
Published at:12:30 PM on Saturday, July 1st, 2023
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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Poll Watch: KOMO/Strategies 360 confirms Patty Murray has double digit lead; Hobbs and Anderson tied for Secretary of State

Excerpt: Washington's Democratic U.S. Senator Patty Murray continues to enjoy a double digit lead over Republican challenger Tiffany Smiley, while Secretary of State hopefuls Steve Hobbs and Julie Anderson are tied at 38% apiece with less than a month until the midterms, a new poll from Strategies 360 and KOMO has found. 
Published at:8:24 PM on Monday, October 10th, 2022
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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Poll Watch: Elway finds solid lead for Murray; Steve Hobbs barely ahead of Julie Anderson

Excerpt: With less than a month until ballots drop, Elway Research has found a thirteen point lead for Democrats in Washington's 2022 U.S. Senate race along with a statistical tie in the Secretary of State contest.
Published at:12:11 PM on Thursday, September 22nd, 2022
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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Poll Watch: Trafalgar tries to bolster Tiffany Smiley’s longshot challenge to Patty Murray

Excerpt: Subjective organizations are perfectly capable of carrying out objective research, but it appears that Trafalgar's goal here (given their decision to publish these unsupportable figures) is to bolster Smiley's longshot candidacy, rather than making a credible contribution to the body of public opinion research in this race. 
Published at:10:23 PM on Friday, September 2nd, 2022
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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Poll Watch: Crosscut/Elway finds twenty point lead for Patty Murray and Democrats

Excerpt: For the second time in as many weeks, a new poll has been released that correlates NPI's recent statewide poll findings demonstrating that it's the Democratic Party that is heading into the midterms in Washington State with momentum and vote enthusiasm.
Published at:11:30 AM on Tuesday, July 19th, 2022
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Elections
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SurveyUSA validates NPI’s finding that most Washingtonians want an assault weapons ban

Excerpt: The validity of NPI's assault weapons ban research has been affirmed by an entirely separate poll backed by KING5, The Seattle Times, the University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public, and Washington State University’s Murrow College of Communication.
Published at:10:54 AM on Friday, July 15th, 2022
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Civil Liberties, Policy Topics
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Poll Watch: SurveyUSA finds Patty Murray ahead of Tiffany Smiley by eighteen points

Excerpt: 51% of five hundred and ninety-six likely voters interviewed online from July 6th through July 10th by SurveyUSA expressed support for Murray, while 33% backed Smiley and 16% were undecided. It's the best spread Murray has gotten in public polling this year.
Published at:10:53 AM on Thursday, July 14th, 2022
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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Poll Watch: Elway Research assesses Seattle’s citywide races one month before ballots drop

Excerpt: The survey, conducted from September 7th-9th, 2021, shows Bruce Harrell leading for Mayor, Ann Davison leading for City Attorney, and Teresa Mosqueda and Sara Nelson leading for City Council, with many voters undecided.
Published at:12:51 PM on Thursday, September 16th, 2021
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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New SurveyUSA poll finds support for Jay Inslee going up as scammer Tim Eyman slips

Excerpt: Support for Jay Inslee's reelection has climbed to 50% as of May 2020, up from 39% in January 2020, while Tim Eyman is down from 11% to 8%.
Published at:9:02 PM on Wednesday, May 20th, 2020
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden are running dead even in Washington State, new poll finds

Excerpt: The Washington State presidential primary looks extremely competitive with just seventy-two hours left to vote. Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden have nearly identical numbers in a new public opinion research survey taken before Elizabeth Warren suspended her campaign.
Published at:6:00 PM on Saturday, March 7th, 2020
Written by:Ruairi Vaughan
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New survey from NPI partner PPP gives Joe Biden a comfortable lead in South Carolina

Excerpt: Public Policy Polling found the former Vice President and Bernie Sanders are in the lead in the Palmetto State. No other candidate registered support in the double digits.
Published at:12:55 PM on Tuesday, February 25th, 2020
Written by:Ruairi Vaughan
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Poll shows strong support for Bernie Sanders in Washington State

Excerpt: The Senator from Vermont holds a convincing lead against his Democratic rivals for the presidential nomination.
Published at:11:12 PM on Saturday, February 1st, 2020
Written by:Ruairi Vaughan
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Poll Watch: Tina Podlodowski narrowly ahead of Kim Wyman; I‑732 well under fifty percent

Excerpt: With Novem­ber 8th only a month away, we’re start­ing to see new polling released on a near-dai­ly basis. Today, KOMO TV and Strate­gies 360 released a new set of results from a recent poll they col­lab­o­rat­ed on, while Tina Pod­lodowski’s cam­paign dis­trib­uted find­ings from a poll show­ing Pod­lodows­ki nar­row­ly ahead of incum­bent Repub­li­can Kim Wyman […]
Published at:5:47 PM on Friday, October 7th, 2016
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Elections
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Poll Watch: Latest survey by Stuart Elway finds CarbonWA’s I‑732 is in huge trouble

Excerpt: Car­bon­WA’s poor­ly con­ceived I‑732 is under water and far­ing worse than the oth­er five ini­tia­tives cer­ti­fied to Wash­ing­ton’s bal­lot this year, accord­ing to a new sur­vey released this morn­ing by long­time poll­ster Stu­art Elway. I‑732 would insti­tute a pol­lu­tion tax and use the pro­ceeds to low­er oth­er tax­es. Its pro­mot­ers say it’s rev­enue neu­tral, but the […]
Published at:11:00 AM on Wednesday, August 17th, 2016
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Elections
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