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QUESTION: If 2010 election for U.S. Senate were held today for whom would you vote for if the choices were between Patty Murray the Democrat and Dave Reichert the Republican?
DAVE REICHERT PATTY MURRAY UNDECIDED
ALL 40 53 7
MEN 44 49 7
WOMEN 36 57 7
DEMOCRATS 11 81 8
REPUBLICANS 84 10 6
INDEPENDENTS 39 54 7
18-29 43 50 7
30-44 38 55 7
45-59 36 56 8
60+ 49 46 5

QUESTION: If 2010 election for U.S. Senate were held today for whom would you vote for if the choices were between Patty Murray the Democrat and Rob McKenna the Republican?
PATTY MURRAY ROB MCKENNA UNDECIDED
ALL 55 39 6
MEN 52 43 5
WOMEN 58 35 7
DEMOCRATS 84 10 6
REPUBLICANS 11 83 6
INDEPENDENTS 56 38 6
18-29 52 41 7
30-44 57 37 6
45-59 58 36 6
60+ 48 47 5

Poll Demographics
MEN 288 48%
WOMEN 312 52%
DEMOCRATS 223 37%
REPUBLICANS 149 25%
INDEPENDENTS/OTHER 228 38%
18-29 66 11%
30-44 204 34%
45-59 221 37%
60+ 109 18%

About this Poll
The Research 2000 Washington Poll was conducted from February 16 through February 18, 2009. A total of 600 likely voters who vote regularly in state elections were interviewed statewide by telephone.

Those interviewed were selected by the random variation of the last four digits of telephone numbers. A cross-section of exchanges was utilized in order to ensure an accurate reflection of the state. Quotas were assigned to reflect the voter registration of distribution by county.

The margin for error, according to standards customarily used by statisticians, is no more than plus or minus 4% percentage points. This means that there is a 95 percent probability that the “true” figure would fall within that range if the entire population were sampled. The margin for error is higher for any subgroup, such as for gender or party affiliation.
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