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 The current survey was in the field from February 7 – 18, 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:

WA Presidential Election Now let’s talk about the 2008 general election for President. If the 2008 election for President were held today and the candidates were (ROTATE: Republican John McCain OR Democrat Hillary Clinton) for whom would you vote? Feb ‘08 McCain48.6% Clinton45.1% Undecided6.3% McCain vs. Clinton Survey conducted Feb 7 – 18, 2008 sample = 300 registered voters, +/- 5.6%

WA Presidential Election Now let’s talk about the 2008 general election for President. If the 2008 election for President were held today and the candidates were (ROTATE: Republican John McCain OR Democrat Barack Obama) for whom would you vote? Feb ‘08 McCain40.3% Obama54.9% Undecided4.8% Survey conducted Feb 7 – 18, 2008 sample = 300 registered voters, +/- 5.6% McCain vs. Obama

Presidential race by Party Democrats Republicans Independents Democrats Republicans Independents McCain 8.3% 97.2%46.2% Clinton 90.1% 0.0%44.1% Undecided 1.7% 2.8% 9.7% McCain 6.6% 87.5%34.4% Obama 90.1% 9.7%60.2% Undecided 3.3% 2.8% 5.4% Survey conducted Feb 7 – 18, 2008 sample = 300 registered voters, +/- 5.6%

WA Governor’s Election Now thinking about the election for governor in Washington in November 2008, if the election were held today and the candidates were (ROTATE ORDER: Democrat Christine Gregoire; or Republican Dino Rossi) for whom would you vote? Oct ’07Feb ‘08 Gregoire46.8%53.7% Rossi42.4%42.1% Undecided7.3%3.5% 2007 sample = 600 registered voters, +/- 4% 2008 sample = 300 registered voters, +/- 5.6%

Governor’s race by Party Democrats Republicans Independents Democrats Republicans Independents 10/07 02/08 10/07 02/08 10/07 02/08 10/07 02/08 10/07 02/08 10/07 02/08 Gregoire85% 92% 6% 8% 43% 56% Rossi5% 7% 86%87% 41% 39% Undecided6% 1% 6% 4% 9% 4% 2007 sample = 600 registered voters, +/- 4% 2008 sample = 300 registered voters, +/- 5.6%

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