1. Washington Report Card Question Wording: Now I’m going to read a list of a few general public policy topics. For each issue, I’d like you to think about the present conditions and the quality of life in Washington and give it a letter grade--like a school report card. Using a traditional academic grading scale, with an A, B, C, D, or F, how would you rate __________ in the state of Washington? (1) Jobs and the Economy (2) Public safety and security (3) Housing cost and availability (4) Transportation (5) Education

2. Washington Report Card For each issue, I’d like you to think about the present conditions and the quality of life in Washington and give it a letter grade--like a school report card. Using a traditional academic grading scale, with an A, B, C, D, or F, how would you rate __________ in the state of Washington? * Among WA registered voters statewide (n=700)

3. Washington Report Card For each issue, I’d like you to think about the present conditions and the quality of life in Washington and give it a letter grade--like a school report card. Using a traditional academic grading scale, with an A, B, C, D, or F, how would you rate __________ in the state of Washington? RESULTS FOR PUGET SOUND * Among registered voters only in King, Pierce, Thurston, Snohomish counties

4. Washington Report Card For each issue, I’d like you to think about the present conditions and the quality of life in Washington and give it a letter grade--like a school report card. Using a traditional academic grading scale, with an A, B, C, D, or F, how would you rate __________ in the state of Washington? RESULTS FOR NON-PUGET SOUND * Among registered voters in all other counties (except King, Pierce, Thurston, Snohomish)

5. Approval Ratings - statewide Gregoire State Leg Strongly Approve 28%7% Somewhat Approve 38%53% Somewhat Disapprove 12%14% Strongly Disapprove 17%7% Don’t know 3%13% sample = 700 registered voters, +/- 3.7%

6. Approval Ratings – by region Gregoire State Leg Gregoire State Leg StronglyOthOth Approve25%7% Somewhat Approve35%51% Somewhat Disapprove12%13% Strongly Disapprove20%5% Don’t know4%16% PSPS 30%8% 40%55% 12%16% 14%9% 1%9% PS = Puget Sound counties: King, Pierce, Thurston, Snohomish Oth = All other counties in the state

7. 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. Gary Segura, a professor of Political Science is the Director of WISER and a co-principal investigator on this survey with Dr. Matt Barreto, also a professor of political science. The survey was administered by telephone, by Pacific Market Research, in Renton, WA, based on a randomly selected list of phone numbers. The survey was in the field from October 25 – 31, 2006. A total of 700 registered voters throughout the state of Washington were interviewed, yielding in a 3.7% margin of error. Final data are weighted by party identification based on the average of similar political polls in 2006. Additional results and cross-tabulations will be released, so please check back for updates. Questions/Comments: info@washingtonpoll.orginfo@washingtonpoll.org