52% of 1,012 Washington, Oregon, and Idaho voters surveyed by Civiqs earlier this month for NPI said they’d vote for the Democratic candidate in their congressional district if the election were being held now, while 40% said they’d vote for the Republican candidate. 8% were not sure.
Tag: Research Poll Findings
Research is at the core of the Northwest Progressive Institute’s work. We analyze problems using the logic of progressive values to find and advance ideas that will improve people’s lives. This is an archive of the electoral and policy poll findings that we’ve publicly released, sorted in reverse chronological order. Learn more about NPI’s mission and history by visiting our About page.
Posted inElections
President Joe Biden is on track for victory in Washington and Oregon this fall, while Donald Trump has a big lead in Idaho
Unsurprisingly, the Democratic Party’s presumptive 2024 nominee will likely have the support of a majority of voters in the Pacific Northwest this autumn and will probably carry two out of the region’s three states.
Posted inPolicy Topics, World Commmunity
Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun to leave, in news that will be welcome to many Washingtonians
Research commissioned by the Northwest Progressive Institute had found support for Calhoun’s departure following more grave safety lapses at Boeing. Steve Mollenkopf, ex-CEO of Qualcomm, has been chosen as the next board chair and is tasked with finding Calhoun’s successor. The company faces a pressing need for a culture shift towards safety and restoration of trust.
Posted inLegislative Advocacy
A majority of Washington voters support the Affordable Homes Act, despite Realtor opposition
54% of respondents surveyed by our pollster said they strongly or somewhat supported the Affordable Homes Act, while 32% were opposed. 14% said they were not sure.
Posted inElections
A plurality of Republican presidential primary voters in Washington State aren’t sure how they feel about Dave Reichert
Asked whether they viewed Reichert favorably or unfavorably, a plurality of 43% in our poll of Republican presidential primary voters said they were not sure. A total of 39% had a favorable view of Reichert (23% very favorable, 16% somewhat favorable), while 18% had an unfavorable view.
Posted inElections
Donald Trump has a massive lead over Nikki Haley in Washington’s 2024 Republican presidential primary, NPI poll finds
A whopping 77% of likely Republican presidential primary voters surveyed February 20th-23rd by Civiqs for NPI said Trump was their preference this year, while only 8% said Haley was.
Posted inElections
A majority of Washington voters want Democrats to keep control of the Washington State Legislature in 2025, NPI poll finds
51% of 789 likely 2024 voters surveyed earlier this month by Public Policy Polling for the Northwest Progressive Institute said they’d prefer Democratic majorities after the next election, while 41% said they’d prefer Republican majorities.
Posted inElections
Senator Maria Cantwell widens lead over Republican rival Raul Garcia to sixteen points
53% of 789 likely 2024 Washington State general election voters said they would support Cantwell if the election for U.S. Senate were being held now. 37% said they would support Garcia, Cantwell’s expected Republican general election opponent. Another 10% were not sure.
Posted inElections
Joe Biden’s 2024 lead over Donald Trump in Washington State rebounds to sixteen points
54% of 789 likely voters surveyed February 13th-14th, 2024 by Public Policy Polling for the Northwest Progressive Institute said they would vote for Biden if the election were being held today, while 38% said they would vote for Trump.
Posted inElections
Bob Ferguson overtakes Dave Reichert in NPI’s first gubernatorial poll of 2024
The Democratic frontrunner, currently serving as the state’s Attorney General, now has a four lead over his expected Republican rival instead of the two point deficit that NPI’s November 2023 survey found.
Posted inLegislative Advocacy
Property tax reform must be a priority, NPI tells Senate Ways & Means Committee
Read NPI founder Andrew Villeneuve’s prepared testimony in support of Senate Bill 5770, a long overdue effort to revisit Tim Eyman’s Initiative 747, which is choking the life out of our essential public services.
Posted inPolicy Topics
69% of likely 2024 Washington voters support the Oil Industry Accountability Act
More than two-thirds of a sample of likely voters surveyed from November 14th-15th, 2023 by Public Policy Polling for NPI backed the idea of regulating unfair oil company business practices with pricing transparency legislation, which is what Senator Joe Nguyen’s recently introduced Oil Industry Accountability Act (Senate Bill 6052) proposes to do.
Posted inPolicy Topics
80% of 2024 likely Washington voters support ending child marriage, NPI poll finds
80% of 700 likely 2024 Washington State voters surveyed by Public Policy Polling for NPI in November of 2023 expressed support for enacting legislation that would require both parties to be at least eighteen years old to legally marry.
Posted inElections
Big plurality of voters unsure about crowded 2024 race for Commissioner of Public Lands
48% said they weren’t sure who they’d support if the election were being held as of when the survey fielded. Republican Jaime Herrera Beutler got the most support of the group of seven candidates with 18%, followed by fellow Republican Sue Kuehl Pedersen (Franz’s 2020 opponent) with 14%. All five Democrats were in the single digits.