Here Are The Results of SurveyUSA Election Poll #17154

Geography Surveyed: WA 8th CD RBS
Data Collected: 09/27/2010 - 09/29/2010
Release Date: 09/30/2010 10:30 AM ET
Sponsor: KING-TV Seattle

WA-08: Movement to Democrat DelBene Among Moderates, But Republican Reichert Still Positioned to Hold Seat for GOP:

In an election for US House of Representatives in Washington State's 8th Congressional District today, 09/30/10, incumbent Republican Dave Reichert defeats Democratic challenger Suzan DelBene 52% to 45%, according to this latest exclusive KING-TV poll conducted by SurveyUSA.

Compared to an identical SurveyUSA poll 4 weeks ago, DelBene is up 4 points; Reichert is down 2. Among moderates, Reichert had led by 4, now trails by 17, a 21-point swing to the Democrat. Among women, DelBene had trailed by 8 points, now leads by 3, an 11-point swing to the Democrat. Men and voters age 35 to 49 account for almost all of Reichert's advantage.

Reichert, first elected in 2004, leads 10:1 among Republicans. DelBene, a businesswoman and former Microsoft VP, leads 5:1 among Democrats, 17% of whom cross over to vote for the incumbent. Independents break 5:4 Republican. Washington's 8th Congressional District, first created after the 1980 census, never has been held by a Democrat.


Filtering: 700 registered voters from Washington's 8th Congressional District were interviewed by SurveyUSA 09/27/10 through 09/29/10, using Registration Based Sample (RBS) from Aristotle in Washington DC. Of the registered voters, 579 were determined by SurveyUSA to be likely to vote in the 11/02/10 general election for US House of Representatives.

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  Asked of 579 Likely Voters
  Credibility Interval for this question = ± 4.2 percentage points.

[Candidate names rotated]
If you were filling out your ballot in the election for U.S. House of Representatives today, who would you vote for? Republican Dave Reichert? or Democrat Suzan DelBene ?

52% Dave Reichert (R)
45% Suzan DelBene (D)
4% Undecided

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