Asked about their preferences in this year’s Senate race from October 19th-20th, 52% of 782 likely 2022 Washington State voters said they planned to vote for Murray. 42% said they planned to vote for Republican challenger Tiffany Smiley.
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
Residents of Bellevue support changing city codes to provide more protection to renters
Average support for six ideas we asked about totaled 70.5%, or more than seven in ten Bellevue residents. Average opposition totaled a mere 22.5%. That’s striking, especially considering that most Bellevue residents we surveyed are homeowners.
Posted inPolicy Topics
Ideas to streamline permitting for housing in Bellevue have near unanimous support
The most popular of five ideas — removing unnecessary approvals and make the permitting process more straightforward — was endorsed by 85% of respondents, with the least popular idea — lowering permit fees for affordable housing projects — still got the support of 79% of respondents, or nearly eight in ten.
Posted inPolicy Topics
Bellevue residents enthusiastically back range of ideas for increasing housing attainability
These findings show that Bellevue residents are broadly in agreement on a number of ideas to tackle the city and region’s housing crisis, from creating additional homeownership assistance programs to allowing the construction of Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) such as backyard cottages in every neighborhood to relaxing restrictions like building height limits for projects that preserve existing mature trees on the property rather than cutting them down.
Posted inElections
A close contest in WA-03: Marie Gluesenkamp Perez narrowly trails Joe Kent, NPI poll finds
Only three percentage points separated the candidates in the survey’s final head-to-head matchup, with Kent garnering 47% and Gluesenkamp Perez 44%. 9% are not sure. Those figures are almost identical to responses to the initial head-to-head question, in which Kent got 48% and Gluesenkamp Perez got 44%.
Posted inPolicy Topics
New poll finds huge support for affordability-focused solutions to Bellevue’s housing crisis
NPI, Complete Streets Bellevue, the Sightline Institute, Eastside For All, and the Housing Development Consortium (HDC) teamed up in the summer of 2022 to ask Bellevue residents about their views on the housing market and housing policy. Read our initial findings from that groundbreaking survey.
Posted inElections
Patty Murray is currently the highest-rated elected official in King County, NPI poll finds
64% of 2022 likely King County voters surveyed said they approved of Murray’s job performance, while 26% disapproved. 9% were not sure. That’s a stronger showing than every other elected official we tested.
Posted inElections
Leesa Manion, Jim Ferrell tied at outset of King County Prosecuting Attorney contest, but Manion’s bio wins among the undecided
Initially, 83% of likely 2022 voters surveyed for the Northwest Progressive Institute said they were not sure who they’d support, with only 8% backing each candidate. However, Leesa Manion jumped out to a lead over Jim Ferrell after “not sure” voters were provided biographical highlights of both.
Posted inElections
Seattle City Council’s move to put RCV on ballot reflects widespread voter enthusiasm
Voters in the Emerald City will get to decide whether to try out ranked choice voting in addition to approval voting in the November 2022 election. NPI’s research has previously found that two-thirds of Seattle voters support ranked choice voting.
Posted inElections
Initiative 1922 won’t qualify for November ballot, Commit to Change Washington says
“We will not be moving forward to qualify Washington State Initiative Measure No. 1922 to the November 8th general election ballot,” the campaign said. “Signature gathering proved more challenging and prohibitively expensive than projected.”
Posted inPolicy Topics
Washington voters want a state constitutional amendment to protect reproductive freedom
63% of likely 2022 Washington State voters interviewed June 1st-2nd, 2022 were supportive of a constitutional amendment to defend reproductive freedom, with only 28% opposed. 8% said they were not sure.
Posted inLegislative Advocacy
Washingtonians remain supportive of a capital gains tax on the wealthy, despite right wing efforts to overturn ESSB 5096
56% of 1,039 Washington voters interviewed from June 1st-2nd, 2022 expressed support for levying a capital gains tax on the wealthy after hearing a selection of arguments for and against it, while 37% expressed opposition. 7% were not sure.
Posted inPolicy Topics
Most Washington voters strongly support a ban on military-style assault weapons
A majority of likely 2022 voters in Washington State support a ban on military-style assault weapons like the AR-15 rifle, with over fifty percent expressing strong support, NPI’s most recent statewide survey has found.
Posted inElections
A growing number of likely 2022 voters favor continued Democratic control of the Washington State Legislature, NPI poll finds
51% of 1,039 likely voters said they preferred a Democratic-run State House and Senate Senate, while 42% said they’d rather have divided government with Republicans in control of the Legislature.