KCTS Washington Poll

8/8/2019 KCTS Washington Poll

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KCTS9/KPLU/WashingtonPollOctober15,2010 FINALRESULTSN=500REGVOTERS

WashingtonPollOct2010/FielddatesOctober514,2010/MarginofError+/ 4.3%

Q.1 DoyouthinkthingshereinWashingtonstatearegenerallygoingintherightdirection,orseriously

onthewrongtrack?

37% 1Goingintherightdirection

47% 2Seriouslyonthewrongtrack

15%88

(Don't

Know)

1% 99(Refused)

(ref:DIRECT)

Q.2 ThinkingaheadtotheNovember2010elections,whatgeneralissuesaremostimportanttoyouas

youdecidehowyouwillvote?

(OPENENDED,PRECODETOLIST,RESPONDENTMAYSELECTUPTOTWOISSUES)

24% 1Jobs/Unemployment

27% 2FixtheEconomy/Recession

25%3Taxes

16% 4Budgetdeficit/Nationaldebt/Governmentspending

13% 5Healthcarereform

9% 6Education

4% 7WarsinIraq/Afghanistan

4% 8Illegalimmigration/BorderSecurity

3% 9Banking/Finance/WallStreet

2% 10Nationalsecurity/terrorism

2% 11Theenvironment/Climatechange

2% 12Gayrights/MarriageEquality

1% 13Gasandenergyprices

1% 14Transportation/Roads

5% 15Somethingelse/Other

9% 88(Don'tKnow)

(ref:ISSUE)


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Q.3 NowI'mgoingtoreadyoualistofnamesofpublicofficialsandpublicorganizations,andforeach

one,Iwantyoutotellmewhetheryouhaveaveryfavorable,somewhatfavorable,somewhat

unfavorable,orstronglyunfavorableviewofthatpersonororganization.

Ifyouhavenoopinion,orhaveneverheardofthepersonororganization,justletmeknow.

(RANDOMIZELISTORDER) Very Some Some Very No NeverFav Fav Unfav Unfav Opin Heard

Q.3PresidentBarackObama 33 19 12 33 2 0

Q.4GovernorChristineGregoire 19 22 19 33 6 2

Q.5ThestatelegislatureinOlympia 5 29 28 17 19 3

Q.6TheU.S.CongressinWashington,DC 5 22 27 33 11 0

Q.7AttorneyGeneralRobMcKenna 16 30 8 6 29 11

Q.8U.S.SenatorPattyMurray 26 22 16 26 7 2

Q.9DinoRossi 16 24 15 34 9 2

Q.10SarahPalin 12 23 15 40 10 1

(ref:JOBAPP)

Q.11 ThinkingaheadtotheNovemberelectionforU.S.Senate,areyouplanningtovotefor,(ROTATE

ORDERNAMESREAD)PattyMurray,whopreferstheDemocraticParty,orDinoRossi,whoprefersthe

Republicanparty?

42% PattyMurray certain

4% PattyMurray couldchange

4% Undecided leanMurray

33%Rossi certain

6% Rossi couldchange

3% Undecided leanRossi

8%Undecided/Don't

know/Can't

Remember/Didnt

Vote

COMBINEDSENATEVOTE

50%Murray

42%Rossi

8%Undecided

(ref:SENATE)



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Q.12 ThinkingaheadtotheNovemberelectionforU.S.Congress,areyouplanningtovotefor,(ROTATE

ORDERPARTIESREAD)theDemocraticcandidate,ortheRepublicancandidate?

34% DemocraticCandidate certain

5% DemocraticCandidate couldchange

5% Undecided leanDemocraticCandidate

29% RepublicanCandidate certain8% RepublicanCandidate couldchange

4% Undecided leanRepublicanCandidate

15% Undecided/Don'tknow/Can'tRemember/DidntVote

COMBINEDGENERICBALLOTCONGRESSVOTE

44%Democrat

41%Republican

15%Undecided

(ref:CONGRESS)

Q.13.Generally,

do

you

believe

you

and

your

family

are

better

off

if

the

(ROTATE

ORDER

OF

PARTIES)

Democratshaveamajorityinthestatelegislature,ORiftheRepublicanshaveamajorityinthestate

legislature,ordoesntitmakeadifferencetoyouandyourfamilywhichpartyhasamajority.

35% Democratsinmajority

18% Makesnodifference

35% Republicansinmajority

4% (Neitherpartyinmajority)

1% (Otherparty)

5% (Undecided/Don'tknow/Can'tRemember)

1% (Refused)

(ref:LEGPARTY)

Q.14 NowImgoingtoreadastatewideballotinitiativethatwillappearontheNovemberballot:

Initiative1098wouldinstituteanincometaxonindividualsearningmorethan$200,000orhouseholds

earningmorethan$400,000,andreducestatepropertytaxesby20percentandalsoreducethe

businessandoccupationtaxanddirecttheincreasedrevenuestoeducationandhealth.

42% Yeson1098

51% Noon1098

7% Undecided

(ref:INCOMETAX)



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Q.15 Howcloselyhaveyoupaidattentiontoinformationaboutballotmeasure1098,theproposalto

establishastateincometaxonthewealthyandreduceothertaxes?Wouldyousayextremelyclosely,

veryclosely,moderatelyclosely,slightlyclosely,ornotcloselyatall?

10% Extremelyclosely

28% Veryclosely

32%Moderately

closely

12% Slightlyclosely

14% Notcloselyatall

3% Undecided/Don'tknow

(ref:ITAXCLOSE)

Q.16 StatewideballotInitiative1100wouldprivatizealcoholsales. Currentlyhardalcoholcanonlybe

soldbytheWashingtonStateLiquorControlBoard,butthisinitiativewouldallowalcoholtobesoldat

grocerystoresandotherplaceswherebeerandwinearealreadysold.

47% Yeson1100

49%No

on

1100

1% Undecided

3% Willnotvoteonthis

(ref:INIT1100)

Q.17 StatewideballotInitiative1107wouldendsomesalestaxesoncandy,soda,andbottledwater,

whichwereapprovedbythestatelegislaturethisyear.

56% Yeson1107

36% Noon1107

7% Undecided

1%Will

not

vote

on

this

(ref:INIT1107)



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Q.18 NowI'mgoingtoreadyoualistofdifferentpublicpoliciesorgroups,andforeachone,Iwantyou

totellmewhetheryoustronglyapprove,somewhatapprove,somewhatdisapprove,orstrongly

disapprove,ofeachpolicyorissue.

Q.18 ThehealthcarereformbillpassedbyCongressthispastSpring?

22% StronglyApprove16% SomewhatApprove Approve:38%

12% SomewhatDisapprove Disapprove:49%

37% StronglyDisapprove

13% (NoOpinion)

Q.19 ThewallstreetreformbillpassedbyCongressthispastsummer?

16% StronglyApprove

20% SomewhatApprove Approve:36%


21%Strongly

Disapprove

32% (NoOpinion)

Q.20 Requiringtaxincreasesbythestatelegislaturetobeapprovedbyatwothirdsmajority?

40% StronglyApprove




12% (NoOpinion)

2% (Refused)

Q.21 TheNAACPresolutionthatsaidtheTeaPartywasraciallyintolerant.

10% StronglyApprove




33% (NoOpinion)

1% (Refused)

Q.22Theteapartymovement.

19%Strongly

Approve




24% (NoOpinion)

1% (Refused)



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Q.23 Repealingthedon'task,don'ttellpolicyandallowinggaystoserveopenlyintheU.S.Military.

44% StronglyApprove




15% (NoOpinion)1% (Refused)

Q.24 AllowinganIslamicculturalcenter,alsoknownastheGroundZeroMosque,tobebuiltafew

blocksfromthesiteoftheSeptembereleventhterroristattacksinNewYorkCity.

20% StronglyApprove




13% (NoOpinion)

1%(Refused)

(ref:POLICYAPP)

Q.25 ExtendingtheBushtaxcuts[halfsampleaskedthisverion]

31% StronglyApprove




21% (NoOpinion)

1%(Refused)

(ref:POLICYAPP)

Q.26 ExtendingtheBushtaxcutstoonlythosepeoplemakinglessthan$200,000incomeperyear

[halfsampleaskedthisverion]

34% StronglyApprove




16% (NoOpinion)

2% (Refused)

(ref:POLICYAPP)



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Q.27 Therearealotofdifferentplacespeopleturntofornewsaboutthepolitics,especiallyinhelping

themgetinformedaboutelections. Whatisyourprimarysourceofnewsforissuesintheupcoming

electionhereinWashingtonstate? Isit,[ROTATEfront/back:LocalTVnews,CablenewslikeCNNor

FoxNews,Newspapers,Radio,Internetnewssites]orjustwordofmouthfromfriendsandfamily?

20% LocalTVnews

26% CablenewslikeCNNorFoxNews18% Newspapers

10% Radio

18% Internetnewssites

6% Wordofmouthfromfriendsandfamily

3% (Don'tKnow)

1% (Refused)

(ref:NEWS1)Q.28 Okay,andwhenyouhearaboutanewsstoryon,howoftendoyoutrustthattheinformationis

honestandaccurate veryoften,somewhatoften,nottoooften,ornotoftenatall?

Very Some Not Not

often often too atall DK

Q.28 LocalTVnews 19 49 13 8 10

Q.29 CNN 17 41 13 13 15

Q.30 FoxNews 17 31 11 31 9

Q.31 PublicBroadcastingsuchasPBS 31 36 9 9 13

Q.32 PublicRadiosuchasNPR 26 28 12 10 23

Q.33 TalkRadionews 11 29 19 22 18

Q.34 Yourlocalnewspaper 22 43 15 10 8

Q.35Internetnewssites 8 38 15 15 22

(ref:NEWS2)Q.36. Thereissometalkthesedaysabouthowthedifferenceinincomesbetweenrichpeopleandpoor

peopleintheUnitedStateshascontinuedtogrowinthepast20years. Thatis,richpeoplearegetting

richer,andpoorpeoplearegettingpoorer. Doyouthinkthisisagoodthing,abadthing,neithergood

norbad,orhaventyouthoughtaboutit?

4% Goodthing

63% Badthing

17% Neithergoodnorbad

8% Haventthoughtaboutit

5% (Don'tKnow)

4% (Refused)

(ref:RICHPOOR)



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Q.37. Thinkingaboutthephrase,therichwhatexactlydoyouthinkconstitutesahouseholdthatis

rich? Thatis,whatdoyouconsidertheiryearlyincometobe?

5% Lessthan$100,000

15% $100,000to$199,999

25% $200,000to$299,999

8% $300,000to$499,99920% $500,000to1million

19% $1millionormore

9% Dontknow

(ref:DEF_RICH)

Q38Therearemanypossiblecausesforoureconomictroublestheselastyears. Thinkingaboutthelast

twoadministrations,whichwouldyousayismostresponsiblefortheeconomytheselastfewyears.

Wouldyousaytheeconomicpoliciesof[ROTATE:PresidentGeorgeW.BushorPresidentBarack

Obama]aremoreresponsible?

35% PresidentObamaistoblame

54% PresidentBushistoblame

6% Botharetoblame

4% Neithersomeoneelse

1% (Don'tKnow)

1% (Refused)

(ref:BUSHOBAMA)

Q39.Thinkingaboutthefutureofoureconomy,whichpartydoyoutrustmoretomaketheright

decisionsandimproveoureconomicconditions?Wouldyousayyouhavemoreconfidencein(ROTATE)

PresidentObama

and

the

Democrats,

or

the

Republicans?

42% ObamaandDemocrats

35% Republicans

3% Both(volunteered)

17% Neither(volunteered)

2% (Don'tKnow)

1% (Refused)

(ref:FUTECON)



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Q.40 Overall,doyouthinkthatstatewideinitiativeelectionsareagoodthingforthestate,abadthing

forthestate,orthattheydon'tmakemuchdifference?

73% Goodthing

9% Badthing

13% Nodifference5% (Don'tKnow)

(ref:INITGOOD)

Q.41 Whichcomesclosesttoyourviewaboutwhatgovernmentpolicyshouldbetowardillegal

immigrantscurrentlyresidingintheUnitedStates?Shouldthegovernment(ROTATEFROMTOPTO

BOTTOM,BOTTOMTOTOPEVERYOTHERCALL):

_Makeallillegalimmigrantsfelonsandsendthembacktotheirhomecountry.

_HaveaguestworkerprogramthatallowsimmigrantstoremainintheUnitedStatesinordertowork,

butonlyforalimitedamountoftime.

_Allowillegal

immigrants

to

remain

in

the

United

States

and

become

U.S.

citizens,

but

only

if

they

meet

certainrequirementslikeworkingandpayingbacktaxesoveraperiodoftime.(or)

_Grantamnestytoallillegalimmigrantsinthecountry,givingthemresidenceandtherighttowork

withoutthefearofbeingdeported.

14% Allillegalimmigrantsfelons

26% Guestworkerprogram

50% Earnedcitizenship Pathtocitizenshipormore:55%

5% Amnesty

4% (Don'tKnow)

2% (Refused)

(ref:IMMPOLI)

Q.42Whichofthefollowingstatementsbestdescribesyourviewsontheissueofsamesexmarriage?

(READANDROTATEINORDERFRONTTOBACK)

38% Gayandlesbiancouplesshouldhavethesamelegalrighttomarryasstraightcouples.

29% Gayandlesbiancouplesshouldbeabletohavethesamelegalrightsasstraightcouplesbutit

shouldnotbecalledmarriage.

11% Thereshouldbedomesticpartnershipsthatgivegayandlesbiancouplesonlysomeofthebenefits

andprotectionsofmarriage.

16%

There

should

be

no

legal

recognition

of

gay

and

lesbian

couples.

5% (Don'tKnow)

1% (Refused)

(ref:SAMESEX)

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