About the Poll
The Washington Poll is a non-partisan, academic survey research project
sponsored the University of Washington Department of Political Science.
Dr. Matt Barreto at the University of Washington and Dr. Todd Donovan at
Western Washington University are the co-principal investigators of the
February 2008 Washington Poll.
The survey was administered by telephone, by Pacific Market Research, in
Renton, WA, based on a randomly selected list of phone numbers using a
list of registered voters. The February 2008 survey is a panel survey in
which the same participants who were randomly selected in October 2007,
were called back in February 2008. The current survey was in the field from
February 7 – 18, 2008. A total of 300 registered voters throughout the state
of Washington were interviewed, yielding in a 5.6% margin of error.
Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
Additional results and cross-tabulations will be released each day, so
please check back for updates.
Questions/Comments: [email protected]
Washington Primary System
As you may know, political parties in Washington state use caucuses and primaries
to determine how many delegates their presidential candidates get. In this state,
do you think we should hold -- only caucuses, both caucuses and a primary
election, or only a presidential primary election?
Total
Dem
Rep
Indep
Only Caucuses
10%
10%
3%
15%
Both Caucuses
and Primaries
30%
31%
38%
23%
Only Primaries
52%
54%
51%
51%
8%
4%
8%
11%
Don’t Know
Support for Primary
This year in the state of Washington, the Democratic Party will select all of its
presidential delegates based ONLY on the results of the Feb 9th caucuses? Do you
think we should continue to hold a presidential primary election or not?
Total
Yes, Hold a
Primary
No, Do Not Hold
Primary
DK/Refused
65%
Dem.
Rep.
Indep.
62%
75%
59%
30%
35%
15%
36%
6%
3%
10%
5%
Additional Results
If you have additional questions, and would like to see any
additional, or more specific results, please send us an email
and we will try to accommodate your request
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