About the Poll About the Poll
The Washington Poll is a non-partisan, academic survey research project
sponsored by the Washington Institute for the Study of Ethnicity, Race &
Sexuality (WISER), a research center at the University of Washington in the
School of Social Sciences. Dr. Matt Barreto, an Associate Professor of
Political Science is the Director of WISER and a co-principal investigator on
this survey.
The survey was administered by telephone, by the Washington Survey
Research Center, at the UW, based on a randomly selected list of phone
numbers using a list of registered voters. The survey was in the field from
October 14 – 26, 2009. A total of 724 registered voters throughout the state
of Washington were interviewed, yielding in a 3.6% margin of error.
Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
2009 Mayor of Seattle Vote Choice:
If the election for mayor of Seattle were held today, for whom would you vote?
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| McGinn | Mallahan | Write-In | Undec. | |
| Democrat | 39% | 32% | 2% | 28% |
| Republican | 16% | 50% | 0% | 34% |
| Independent | 24% | 52% | 0% | 25% |
| 18-40 | 41% | 15% | 0% | 44% |
| 41-64 | 30% | 42% | 2% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 54% | 0% | 18% |
Statewide sample = 724 registered voters, Seattle City oversample results shown
2009 King County Executive Vote Choice:
If the election for King County Executive were held today, for whom would you
vote?
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| Constantine | Hutchison | Undec. | |
| Democrat | 72% | 7% | 19% |
| Republican | 5% | 62% | 33% |
| Independent | 25% | 57% | 19% |
| 18-40 | 37% | 11% | 53% |
| 41-64 | 48% | 35% | 17% |
| 65+ | 46% | 38% | 15% |
Statewide sample = 724 registered voters, King County oversample results shown