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Support for increasing the size of the U.S. Supreme Court inches upward in Washington

Excerpt: 52% of 773 likely 2024 general election voters surveyed by Public Policy Polling earlier this month said they supported increasing the size of the Court to make it a more diverse and representative body, while 40% were opposed and 8% were not sure.
Published at:10:37 AM on Friday, June 30th, 2023
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Civil Liberties, Legislative Advocacy, Litigation, Policy Topics
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Sorry, local Republicans, but higher gas prices aren’t the winning issue you think they are

Excerpt: Republicans seem to be calculating that once Washingtonians are frustrated enough with high gas prices, public support for policies like the Climate Commitment Act will evaporate. However, our research suggests they are wrong. 
Published at:3:04 PM on Monday, June 26th, 2023
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Our Environment, Policy Topics
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A majority of Washington voters agree big tech companies should have to pay for news

Excerpt: 55% of 773 likely general election voters in Washington interviewed earlier this month said they strongly or somewhat agreed that big tech companies like Google and Facebook should be obligated to pay media publishers for news content. Only 17% somewhat or strongly disagreed, and 27% were not sure.
Published at:1:30 PM on Friday, June 23rd, 2023
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Media & Culture, Policy Topics, Technology
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A plurality of voters oppose I‑2078, Larry Jensen’s measure to sabotage gun safety laws

Excerpt: Initiative 2078, filed in April 2023, is a right wing grassroots effort to create a giant loophole in the gun safety laws passed by the people and the Legislature for the last ten years. NPI's research shows 46% of likely 2024 voters oppose it.
Published at:9:30 AM on Wednesday, June 14th, 2023
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Elections
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Maria Cantwell retains fifteen point lead over hypothetical opponent Jaime Herrera Beutler

Excerpt: The incumbent Democratic senator continues to enjoy a fifteen point lead over hypothetical Republican opponent Jaime Herrera Beutler, a margin unchanged from our last survey back in March.
Published at:9:30 AM on Tuesday, June 13th, 2023
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Elections
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Joe Biden leads Donald Trump in Washington by seventeen points, Ron DeSantis by twelve

Excerpt: DeSantis is, as of June 2023, a slightly stronger candidate than Trump for the Republicans in Washington State. In a hypothetical matchup with the ultra MAGA Florida governor, once a protege of Trump's, 51% of our respondents said they'd vote for Biden, while 39% would vote for DeSantis. 10% were not sure. 
Published at:9:30 AM on Monday, June 12th, 2023
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Elections
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Attorney General Bob Ferguson leads 2024 WA gubernatorial field, new NPI poll confirms

Excerpt: 25% of 773 respondents interviewed June 7th and 8th for NPI said that they preferred Ferguson for Governor. 17% said they favored Republican Raul Garcia. 10% say they'd vote for ultra MAGA Republican Semi Bird. 9% said they preferred another Democratic contender: Hilary Franz, the current Commissioner of Public Lands. Another 7% back a third Democratic candidate, State Senator Mark Mullet. 33% were not sure.
Published at:7:30 AM on Friday, June 9th, 2023
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Elections
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Seattle voters favor multifamily apartments anywhere in the city for social housing

Excerpt: 65% of 651 likely special election voters surveyed by Change Research for NPI in advance of Seattle's February 2023 special election said they are strongly or somewhat supportive of allowing multifamily apartment buildings to be built anywhere in the city to provide housing for people working in professions like teaching, while 30% said they were opposed. 5% said that they were not sure.
Published at:9:30 AM on Wednesday, June 7th, 2023
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Policy Topics, Public Planning
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Nearly three-fifths of Washington voters support the Firearm Industry Responsibility & Gun Violence Victims’ Access to Justice Act

Excerpt: 59% of voters surveyed last month for NPI by Public Policy Polling said they supported enacting a new law to protect public safety by establishing duties of firearm industry members. 36% said they were opposed and 4% were not sure.
Published at:2:50 PM on Monday, April 10th, 2023
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Civil Liberties, Legislative Advocacy, Policy Topics
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More than three-fourths of Washington voters support the proposed My Health, My Data Act

Excerpt: 76% of 874 voters interviewed from March 7th-8th, 2023 by Public Policy Polling  for the Northwest Progressive Institute said they were supportive of blocking health tracking apps and advertisers from collecting and selling Washingtonians’ health data without their consent, barring location-specific targeting of people who visit reproductive and gender affirming healthcare facilities, and requiring companies to maintain and publish a privacy policy for people’s health data. 
Published at:12:30 PM on Tuesday, April 4th, 2023
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Civil Liberties, Policy Topics
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Voters say Legislature has a responsibility to act to prevent school closures, staff layoffs

Excerpt: 55% of 874 voters interviewed from March 7th-8th, 2023 said they agreed that Washington's public schools are underfunded and we need to raise state revenue to fully fund them, while 35% disagreed and 10% were not sure. 59% of those surveyed subsequently said they agreed that the Legislature has an obligation to respond to the fiscal crises districts are facing by substantially increasing school funding.
Published at:9:30 AM on Monday, April 3rd, 2023
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Education, Policy Topics
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64% of Washington voters want legislators to fund universal, no-cost school meals for kids

Excerpt: 64% of 874 likely 2024 voters interviewed March 7th and 8th by Public Policy Polling for NPI said they strongly or somewhat supported universal no-cost school meals, while a total 33% said they were strongly or somewhat opposed.
Published at:3:30 PM on Monday, March 27th, 2023
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Education, Healthcare, Policy Topics
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Seattle voters love ST3’s Ballard and West Seattle light rail extensions, but will they love the alignment Sound Transit’s board picks?

Excerpt: 81% of likely February 2023 special election voters in Seattle support light rail to Ballard and West Seattle, which is in design. Sound Transit would be wise to keep that in mind when making alignment decisions that our region will have to live with for decades.
Published at:12:13 PM on Thursday, March 23rd, 2023
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Policy Topics, Public Planning
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68% of likely Washington voters support enacting a permit-to-purchase law for guns

Excerpt: 68% of 874 voters interviewed across the state from March 7th-8th support the policies proposed by Representative Liz Berry (D-36th District: Seattle) and dozens of her House colleagues in House Bill 1143, which is now under consideration in the Senate. 29% are opposed and 3% said they were not sure. 
Published at:10:16 AM on Thursday, March 23rd, 2023
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Civil Liberties, Policy Topics
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