No Regrets on Initiative 1053: 90% in Washington State Would Vote the Same Way Again Today
Among those Washington State registered voters who cast a vote on Initiative 1053 6 months ago, 9 of 10 would vote the same way if the election were held again today, according to this latest exclusive KING-TV News poll conducted by SurveyUSA. Just 5% would change their vote; those vote changers are drawn equally from those who voted for and those who voted against I-1053, which passed with 64% of the vote in 2010 and requires a legislative two-thirds majority in order to raise taxes.Other findings:
* Voters are divided on whether tax breaks should be left in place, reduced, or ended.
* By almost 2:1 voters think that tolls should be considered a fee, subject to a simple majority, and not a tax, subject to a super majority.
* By more than 2:1, voters support a proposal that would require the tolls collected on a specific bridge or road to only be used to pay for that bridge or road.
This poll includes Cell Phone Respondents and Landline Respondents: 700 Washington state adults were interviewed by SurveyUSA 05/05/11 through 05/07/11, including 24% who use a cell phone as their only, or primary way to make and receive phone calls, and 76% who were interviewed using recorded voice on their landline home telephone. Of the adults, 597 identified themselves as being registered voters. Cell phone respondents are crosstabbed against landline respondents, and in these results, show themselves to be more likely to be “undecided” about how they might re-vote on I-1053 and how they feel about the new proposal to restrict toll use to the roads or bridges they are collected on, and more likely to say tolls should not be considered to be fees.









