Question:
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; Republican Dino Rossi; or Libertarian Ruth Bennett) for whom would you vote?

Democrat Christine Gregoire 46.8%
Republican Dino Rossi 42.4%
Libertarian Ruth Bennett 2.2%
Someone else / Other 1.2%
Don’t know/Undecided 7.3%

Poll Demographics
All WA Puget Sound East WA Other West
Democrat
Gregoire 47% 50% 36% 48%

Republican
Rossi 42% 38% 52% 46%

Libertarian
Bennett 2% 2% 5% 2%

Other 1% 1% 0% 1%

Don’t know 7% 7% 8% 7%

About this 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 using a list of registered voters. The survey was in the field from October 22 – 28, 2007. A total of 601 registered voters throughout the state of Washington were interviewed, yielding in a 4.0% margin of error. Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding.