Washington state megathread

[greenforest32]

Quite a few races and issues polled aside from Governor and gay marriage:

http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=3e569851-5364-447f-84cf-4bc6ac6bf688

2-year, 0.5% increase in state sales tax: 58% support, 37% oppose, 6% not sure

2/3 supermajority legislative vote or simple majority legislative referral vote to increase taxes: 54% support, 30% oppose, 15% not sure

Legalize possession of 1-ounce of marijuana, regulate sale/distribution + 25% purchase tax: 51% support, 41% oppose, 8% not sure

Voter approval for ticketing cameras: 62% support, 30% oppose, 8% not sure

State income tax on individ. making $200k+year/families making 400k+year: 56% support, 37% oppose, 8% not sure

Should plastic grocery/retail bags be illegal? 55% legal, 33% illegal, 12% not sure

R-Primary: 26% Romney, 22% Gingrich, 19% Santorum, 7% Paul, 5% Perry, 2% Huntsman, 18% undecided

Gingrich is probably leading in the more recent polls

[greenforest32]

Nicely done. When is the house voting on it?

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http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2012/02/soaking-poor-state-state

http://scorecard.assetsandopportunity.org/2012/measure/tax-burden-by-income?state=wa

[greenforest32]

The vote from Kirby warrants a primary challenger IMO. Miloscia also may have just cost himself the election for State Auditor.

Are primary challenges effective in states with open/top-two primaries?

[greenforest32]

Rep. Maureen Walsh (R-Human Decency, somewhere near Walla Walla) just gave one hell of a personal speech.  I'm sure it will be on YouTube sometime soon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbmbdWK6338

[greenforest32]

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/

Washington is currently running second behind Wisconsin for the next PPP poll.  Vote!

Do they poll the top two when there are only four choices?

[greenforest32]

Relatively good numbers. Also does this stand out?

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http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2012/02/obama-up-big-in-washington.html

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Poor Newt

[greenforest32]

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2017651307_budget03m.html

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DINOs on fiscal issues?

[greenforest32]

So if healthcare gets overturned by the Supreme Court how big of a hit will McKenna take?


Nothing like backing a huge lawsuit against ObamaCare to remind liberals about your true stances!

Wouldn't it getting overturned favor McKenna?

[greenforest32]

So if healthcare gets overturned by the Supreme Court how big of a hit will McKenna take?


Nothing like backing a huge lawsuit against ObamaCare to remind liberals about your true stances!

Wouldn't it getting overturned favor McKenna?

Well actually, I could see how the whole thing being struck down could hurt him. I don't think he'd really take a hit if the Supreme Court struck down just the mandate though (depending on what else they decide goes down with it)

[greenforest32]

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/13/health/policy/whooping-cough-epidemic-hits-washington-state.html

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http://www.doh.wa.gov/Publicat/2011_news/11-083.htm

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Time for a PNW cough-fest!

http://www.katu.com/news/local/New-numbers-show-of-unvaccinated-children-increasing-150549655.html

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[greenforest32]

Things looking up from June?

So a Republican Governor, State Senate, Lt. Governor, Attorney General, and 5-5 split Congressional delegate is looking possible. Ugh.

Don't forget the Republican Secretary of State

[greenforest32]

Is it the crossover appeal vanishing or the undecideds breaking towards Inslee? A lot of the earlier polls had undecideds at 15-20% and now they're reaching low double/high single digits.

[greenforest32]

I was wondering when they were going to get to Washington.

http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/24/washington-state-womens-rights-and-big-cities/

[greenforest32]

Full SUSA results:

Marijuana legalization (Yes +24)
Yes 57% (nc)
No 33% (-1)
Undecided 10% (+1)
"Dumb" extrapolation: 63-37 Yes (+27)

[greenforest32]

Is that 4,000 post limit per thread still being enforced or what? And what happened to Meeker?

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All of the action will be focused on Democrats trying to primary Rodney Tom and Tim Sheldon.

What are their districts like? A primary to them is going to be hard now that Washington has the jungle-primary/top-two system.

Also like you mentioned in the best/worse state parties thread about Kim Wyman being the only statewide elected Republican on the West Coast: what is she like? Would she oppose implementing automatic voter registration?

Compare the Republican Secretary of State in Colorado crying armageddeon on the Democratic state legislature proposing/passing election-day registration to the Democratic Secretary of State in Oregon introducing a bill to implement automatic registration (something that puts election-day registration to shame). I know the WA-GOP Secretary of States aren't known for being hacks but I think a Democrat would be more likely to support automatic voter registration there than some neutral-administrator-ish Republican.

Oregon and Washington really should join up on pushing for this as we're the only two postal voting states