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.
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 inPolicy Topics
Voters say Legislature has a responsibility to act to prevent school closures, staff layoffs
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.
Posted inPolicy Topics
64% of Washington voters want legislators to fund universal, no-cost school meals for kids
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.
Posted inPolicy Topics
Seattle voters love ST3’s Ballard and West Seattle light rail extensions, but will they love the alignment Sound Transit’s board picks?
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.
Posted inPolicy Topics
68% of likely Washington voters support enacting a permit-to-purchase law for guns
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.
Posted inPolicy Topics
Two-thirds of Seattle voters concerned about tree loss with housing density increasing
68% of 651 likely February 2023 special election voters interviewed from January 26th-30th for NPI by Change Research said they were concerned about tree and canopy loss, while 30% said they were not. Only 1% were not sure.
Posted inPolicy Topics
Voters in WA agree: Manufacturer-imposed barriers to device repair are a problem
69% of 874 likely 2024 Washington State voters interviewed by Public Policy Polling earlier this month said that they agreed that the planned obsolescence business practices of firms like Apple and Samsung were a problem, with only 15% disagreeing and 16% not sure.
Posted inPolicy Topics
Two-thirds of Washington voters support barring gender-based price discrimination
67% of 874 likely voters interviewed in March of 2023 by Public Policy Polling voiced support for prohibiting people or businesses “from charging different prices for two substantially similar goods based on the gender of the persons to whom the goods are marketed,” which is what Senate Bill 5171 would do if enacted. 59% were strongly supportive and another 8% were somewhat supportive.
Posted inElections
Maria Cantwell has a fifteen point lead over hypothetical opponent Jaime Herrera Beutler
Asked whether they would prefer Cantwell or Herrera Beutler if the 2024 U.S. Senate election were being held now, 50% of 874 likely 2024 Washington voters picked Cantwell, while 35% picked Herrera Beutler. Another 14% were not sure.
Posted inElections
Bruce Dammeier (R), Bob Ferguson (D) lead hypothetical 2024 gubernatorial field in WA
Should Governor Jay Inslee decide against seeking an unprecedented fourth term, an NPI poll has found that Republican Pierce County Executive Bruce Dammeier and Democratic Attorney General Bob Ferguson would be the two leading candidates to succeed him in a 2024 hypothetical field that also included King County Executive Dow Constantine (D) and Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz (D).
Posted inLegislative Advocacy
Voters in Washington State strongly support taxing extreme wealth, NPI poll confirms
67% of 874 likely voters surveyed by Public Policy Polling in March 2023 for NPI said they supported levying a one percent wealth tax on Washington residents whose worldwide wealth exceeds a quarter billion dollars, to benefit the state’s essential public services, while only 28% were opposed and 5% were not sure.
Posted inPolicy Topics
Support for an assault weapons ban in Washington State is growing, NPI poll finds
58% of respondents to NPI’s winter 2023 Washington State poll said they are supportive of banning assault weapons, while 40% said they were opposed and 3% said they were not sure. A majority of likely voters continue to be strongly supportive.
Posted inPolicy Topics
A plurality of special election voters in Seattle disapprove of how their schools are being run
41% of six hundred and fifty-one February 2023 special election voters interviewed by Change Research for NPI last month said they somewhat or strongly disapproved of the way the Seattle Public Schools are currently being run. 28% said they somewhat or strongly approved, and 31% were not sure.
Posted inElections
NPI to Legislature: Let’s make voting in WA easier by abolishing Eyman’s “advisory votes”
Read the written version of the testimony prepared by NPI’s founder and executive director in support of NPI’s 2023 bill to repeal Tim Eyman’s “advisory votes.”