About the Poll

1. 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 (WISER), a research center at the University of Washington in the School of Social Sciences. Dr. Matt Barreto, an Assistant Professor of Political Science is the Director of WISER and a co-principal investigator on this survey. 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 survey was in the field from October 27 – 31, 2008. A total of 387 registered voters throughout the state of Washington were interviewed, yielding a 5.0% margin of error. Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding. Questions/Comments: info@washingtonpoll.org

2. The Washington Poll 2008 Presidential Vote Choice: If the election for president were held today, and the candidates were Barack Obama, the Democrat, John McCain, the Republican, Ralph Nader, the Independent, Bob Barr the Libertarian, or Cynthia McKinney the Green, for whom would you vote? Wave 1: Statewide sample = 600 registered voters, +/- 4% Wave 2: Statewide sample = 387 registered voters, +/- 5%

3. The Washington Poll 2008 Gubernatorial Vote Choice: If the election for Governor were held today, and the candidates were Christine Gregoire, the Democrat, or Dino Rossi, the GOP candidate, for whom would you vote? Wave 1: Statewide sample = 600 registered voters, +/- 4% Wave 2: Statewide sample = 387 registered voters, +/- 5%

4. 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 mbarreto@washington.edu lorenc2@u.washington.edu