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Washington: Poll

Tue, 09/16/2008 - 14:33

Elway: Gregoire leads, and GOP Rossi outperforms Republican Rossi

By Bryan Bissell, PolitickerWA.com Reporter

The September edition of the Elway Poll shows Gov. Chris Gregoire leading her opponent Dino Rossi, but by how much depends on the description. When identified as "Republican Dino Rossi", Gregoire led by ten points, 51-41, but when respondents were told that their choice was "Dino Rossi, who prefers the GOP Party", he cut the lead to four, 48-44. With the numbers combined Gregoire leads by eight, 50-42.

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Mon, 09/15/2008 - 15:05

Poll: Reichert leads Burner 54-44

By Bryan Bissell, PolitickerWA.com Reporter

The latest poll in Washington's 8th Congressional District race shows a growing lead for Rep. Dave Reichert (R-Auburn) over challenger Darcy Burner (D-Carnation). A KING-TV/SurveyUSA poll conducted last week showed Reichert with a 10-point lead on Burner, 54 percent to 44 percent, his largest of the campaign so far.

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Tue, 09/09/2008 - 14:50

Rossi takes narrow polling lead

By Bryan Bissell, PolitickerWA.com Reporter

The latest SurveyUSA poll shows Republican Dino Rossi leading Gov. Chris Gregoire by one point, 48-47. This poll, one of six monthly polls taken by Survey USA, shows a major variation from earlier polling among genders. Early polling showed Gregoire with an large lead among women and Rossi with a similar margin among men, but this poll, conducted September 4 through September 6, shows Rossi leading by only two among men, and a dead heat among women.

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Thu, 08/14/2008 - 15:48

Poll: Gregoire 50, Rossi 48

By Bryan Bissell, PolitickerWA.com Reporter

A new poll from KING 5 and SurveyUSA shows the Washington gubernatorial race continuing to be tight. The survey, completed August 11 and 12 from 718 state voters, asked "If you were filling out your ballot for Governor right now, would you vote for (choices rotated) Republican Dino Rossi? Or, Democrat Christine Gregoire?"

Results showed Gregoire with 50 percent of the vote and Rossi with 48 percent with a margin of error of +/- 3.7 percent.

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Mon, 07/14/2008 - 16:33

UPDATED: Poll: Rossi, Gregoire knotted at 45 percent

By Bryan Bissell, PolitickerWA.com Reporter

The latest poll from Portland's Moore Information shows Gov. Chris Gregoire and her Republican challenger Dino Rossi even with 45 percent apiece. The survey was conducted on July 9-10 and sampled 400 registered voters.

Polls have been relatively close throughout the entire campaign, but this is Rossi's best showing since the winter months. The margin of error was +/- 5 percent, and 9 percent said they were undecided.

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Wed, 06/11/2008 - 19:57

Rasmussen: Gregoire 50, Rossi 43

By Bryan Bissell, PolitickerWA.com Reporter

A new Rasmussen Poll shows Gov. Chris Gregoire with a 50-43 lead over Republican Dino Rossi. This is a narrower margin than last month's result from the same pollster that showed the incumbent with an eleven point spread, but closer than a February poll that had Rossi with a one point lead.

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Wed, 06/11/2008 - 16:10

Poll: Gregoire 50, Rossi 47

By Bryan Bissell, PolitickerWA.com Reporter

A new poll conducted by SurveyUSA for KING-TV in Seattle and KATU-TV in Portland, Oregon shows Gov. Chris Gregoire with a 4 point lead over Republican challenger Dino Rossi, 50-47. The poll was conducted from June 7 through June 9 among 900 citizens, 637 of whom identified themselves as likely voters.  

Rossi leads among men and Hispanics, but Gregoire is ahead in nearly every other demographic group.

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Fri, 05/16/2008 - 12:16

Gregore up big in new poll: 52-41, Obama leads McCain

By Bryan Bissell, PolitickerWA.com Reporter

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A new Rasumussen Poll show Governor Chris Gregoire with a comfortable eleven point lead over her opponent, Republican Dino Rossi. The poll has Gregoire leading Rossi 52 percent to 41 percent.

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Thu, 05/01/2008 - 18:28

April Elway Poll: Gregoire 43, Rossi 38

By Bryan Bissell, PolitickerWA.com Reporter

A new Elway poll has Gov. Chris Gregoire leading Republican challenger Dino Rossi by a 5-point margin, 43% to 38%, the P-I is reporting. The last Elway poll, taken in January, showed Gregoire with a 48-35 lead.

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Tue, 04/08/2008 - 15:08

Another close poll for Gregoire, Rossi

By Bryan Bissell, PolitickerWA.com Reporter

A KING-TV/Survey USA poll shows the gubernatorial race in a dead heat once again. In a survey of 613 registered voters asked, "Washington will elect a Governor in November 2008. If the election for Governor were today, and the only two candidates on the ballot were Republican Dino Rossi and Democrat Christine Gregoire, who would you vote for?" respondents chose Gov. Chris Gregoire over Dino Rossi 48% to 47%. 5% were undecided. The margin of error was +/- 4.1%.

The Rossi campaign celebrated the news of a statistical tie.

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