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Joe Biden has a fourteen point, eleven month out lead over Donald Trump in Washington

Excerpt: 52% of 700 likely 2024 Washington State voters surveyed by Public Policy Polling this week for NPI said they'd back Biden if the election were being held today, while 38% said they'd back Trump. 11% said they were not sure.
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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Dave Reichert slightly ahead of Bob Ferguson in 2024 WA gubernatorial race, NPI poll finds

Excerpt: 46% of 700 likely 2024 Washington State voters surveyed in mid-November for the Northwest Progressive Institute said they'd vote for Republican Dave Reichert if the election were being held today, while 44% said they would vote for Bob Ferguson. 9% were not sure.
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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NPI poll finds that most likely Seattle City Council #3 voters feel safe in their community

Excerpt: 64% of 327 likely November 2023 voters surveyed from Tuesday, October 31st, until Friday, November 3rd told NPI they feel safe in their neighborhood community.
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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64% of Seattle City Council District #3 voters favor 2023 housing levy, NPI poll finds

Excerpt: Voters in Seattle City Council District #3 remain very supportive of this year's housing levy, an encouraging sign for the measure as the final hours of voting in the 2023 local election cycle get underway, the Northwest Progressive Institute's most recent public opinion research survey has found.
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Joy Hollingsworth leads Alex Hudson for Seattle City Council District #3, NPI poll finds

Excerpt: Seattle City Council hopeful Joy Hollingsworth is the clear favorite in the closely-watched contest to determine a successor to outgoing Councilmember Kshama Sawant, a new Northwest Progressive Institute poll has found.
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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.
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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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. 
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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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.
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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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.
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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.
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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. 
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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.
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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.
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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.
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