| Results of SurveyUSA News Poll #26593 |
| Abortion, Inflation, Border Security are Top Issues for WA Voters; Majority Says Supreme Court is Out of Touch With Values, Beliefs of Most:
26% of likely voters in Washington State's upcoming election for US Senate say abortion is the issue that will be most important to them this fall, according to SurveyUSA's latest polling conducted exclusively for The Seattle Times, KING 5 TV, the University of Washington's Center for an Informed Public, and Washington State University's Murrow College of Communication. Women, at 34%, are twice as likely as men to identify abortion as their most important issue. Inflation is most important to 22% of voters, including 41% of those identifying as "conservative" on a 5-point scale ranging from "very conservative" to "very liberal." 10%, including 26% of those identifying as "very conservative," say border security is their top issue. 9 other issues are all in single digits:
55% say the current Supreme Court of the United States is out of touch with the values and beliefs of most Americans; 24% say the Court is in touch. 61% of very conservative adults – and no more than 43% of any other group – say the Court is in touch. Republicans are evenly split, with 40% saying the Supreme Court is in touch, 40% saying it is out of touch. Full results follow ... |
| About the Poll / Filtering: SurveyUSA interviewed 875 Washington State adults online 10/14/22 through 10/19/22, using sample provided by Lucid Holdings LLC of New Orleans. Of the adults, 719 were identified as being registered to vote. Of the registered voters, 589 were determined by SurveyUSA to be likely to vote in the November election and were asked the questions about the most important issue and voting for a candidate who supports federal abortion restrictions. All adults were asked the question about the Supreme Court. The pool of adult survey respondents was weighted to US Census targets for gender, age, race, education, and home ownership. |
| 1 | Are you registered to vote in the state of Washington? |
| 875 Adults | All | Gender | Age | <50 / 50+ | Race | Party Affiliation | Ideology | Ideology Aggregated | 2020 Vote | Parent | Education | Income | Home | Urbanicity | Region | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credibility Interval: ± 3.1 pct points | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | 18-49 | 50+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Asian / | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Very Con | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | Very Lib | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | Trump | Biden | Yes | No | High Sch | Some Col | 4-Year C | < $40K | $40K - $ | > $80K | Own | Rent | Urban | Suburban | Rural | W WA | E WA | Metro Se | |
| Yes | 82% | 81% | 84% | 70% | 85% | 88% | 93% | 76% | 90% | 88% | ** | 63% | 73% | 93% | 90% | 76% | 93% | 84% | 82% | 92% | 88% | 88% | 82% | 91% | 90% | 95% | 84% | 84% | 75% | 84% | 88% | 72% | 86% | 89% | 90% | 70% | 81% | 83% | 83% | 85% | 82% | 80% |
| No | 14% | 16% | 13% | 25% | 12% | 11% | 5% | 19% | 8% | 10% | ** | 30% | 22% | 6% | 9% | 20% | 4% | 14% | 15% | 7% | 9% | 10% | 15% | 7% | 9% | 4% | 13% | 14% | 21% | 13% | 11% | 23% | 11% | 9% | 9% | 24% | 16% | 15% | 13% | 13% | 14% | 16% |
| Not Sure | 3% | 3% | 3% | 6% | 3% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 2% | 2% | ** | 7% | 5% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 3% | 1% | 3% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 5% | 4% | 2% | 5% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 6% | 4% | 3% | 4% | 2% | 4% | 4% |
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| Composition of Adults | 100% | 50% | 50% | 32% | 24% | 26% | 19% | 56% | 44% | 69% | 3% | 11% | 18% | 23% | 36% | 32% | 10% | 15% | 40% | 18% | 8% | 26% | 40% | 25% | 31% | 42% | 30% | 66% | 31% | 34% | 35% | 34% | 33% | 33% | 62% | 38% | 26% | 49% | 25% | 30% | 24% | 46% |
| 2 | The state of Washington will hold a general election for United States Senate and for other contests this November. Not everyone makes the time to vote in every election. Would you say you are ... ? |
| 719 Registered Voters | All | Gender | Age | <50 / 50+ | Race | Party Affiliation | Ideology | Ideology Aggregated | 2020 Vote | Parent | Education | Income | Home | Urbanicity | Region | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credibility Interval: ± 4.4 pct points | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | 18-49 | 50+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Asian / | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Very Con | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | Very Lib | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | Trump | Biden | Yes | No | High Sch | Some Col | 4-Year C | < $40K | $40K - $ | > $80K | Own | Rent | Urban | Suburban | Rural | W WA | E WA | Metro Se | |
| Certain Not To Vote | 4% | 3% | 4% | 6% | 5% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 1% | 3% | ** | 12% | 2% | 1% | 4% | 6% | 3% | 0% | 4% | 1% | 4% | 1% | 4% | 2% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 3% | 7% | 3% | 1% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 6% | 5% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 5% | 4% |
| Unlikely To Vote | 3% | 3% | 3% | 6% | 4% | 1% | 0% | 5% | 1% | 3% | ** | 6% | 1% | 3% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 4% | 1% | 0% | 3% | 4% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 5% | 2% | 2% | 4% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 6% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| Maybe 50% / 50% | 11% | 13% | 9% | 18% | 15% | 7% | 0% | 17% | 4% | 8% | ** | 23% | 15% | 10% | 7% | 14% | 13% | 7% | 13% | 8% | 5% | 10% | 13% | 7% | 9% | 8% | 18% | 7% | 14% | 6% | 12% | 11% | 11% | 9% | 9% | 15% | 13% | 11% | 7% | 11% | 7% | 12% |
| Likely To Vote | 20% | 19% | 21% | 26% | 27% | 14% | 10% | 27% | 12% | 19% | ** | 19% | 22% | 21% | 18% | 18% | 9% | 23% | 24% | 17% | 8% | 17% | 24% | 15% | 20% | 15% | 16% | 21% | 23% | 20% | 18% | 24% | 20% | 16% | 17% | 25% | 23% | 19% | 19% | 18% | 20% | 21% |
| 100% Certain To Vote | 62% | 61% | 63% | 43% | 48% | 75% | 87% | 45% | 80% | 66% | ** | 36% | 59% | 65% | 69% | 57% | 72% | 67% | 54% | 72% | 82% | 69% | 54% | 75% | 67% | 73% | 57% | 65% | 50% | 67% | 67% | 54% | 62% | 69% | 69% | 47% | 56% | 64% | 65% | 64% | 64% | 60% |
| Not Sure | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 1% | ** | 4% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 0% |
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| Composition of Registered Voters | 100% | 49% | 51% | 27% | 25% | 28% | 21% | 51% | 49% | 73% | 3% | 8% | 16% | 26% | 40% | 30% | 12% | 16% | 40% | 20% | 8% | 27% | 40% | 28% | 34% | 48% | 30% | 68% | 28% | 35% | 37% | 30% | 34% | 36% | 68% | 32% | 25% | 49% | 26% | 31% | 24% | 45% |
 | Which one of the following issues will be most important to you when voting this November? |
| 589 Likely November Voters | All | Gender | Age | <50 / 50+ | Race | Party Affiliation | Ideology | Ideology Aggregated | 2020 Vote | Parent | Education | Income | Home | Urbanicity | Region | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credibility Interval: ± 5 pct points | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | 18-49 | 50+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Asian / | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Very Con | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | Very Lib | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | Trump | Biden | Yes | No | High Sch | Some Col | 4-Year C | < $40K | $40K - $ | > $80K | Own | Rent | Urban | Suburban | Rural | W WA | E WA | Metro Se | |
| Abortion | 26% | 17% | 34% | 34% | 24% | 25% | 22% | 29% | 24% | 26% | ** | 35% | 21% | 14% | 38% | 20% | 18% | 11% | 21% | 40% | 52% | 14% | 21% | 44% | 13% | 36% | 29% | 25% | 22% | 26% | 29% | 21% | 29% | 27% | 26% | 27% | 31% | 23% | 28% | 24% | 23% | 29% |
| Border Security | 10% | 12% | 8% | 5% | 5% | 17% | 10% | 5% | 13% | 10% | ** | 5% | 12% | 17% | 2% | 14% | 26% | 12% | 11% | 2% | 0% | 18% | 11% | 2% | 20% | 3% | 7% | 11% | 20% | 6% | 7% | 13% | 7% | 10% | 9% | 11% | 8% | 9% | 11% | 8% | 16% | 7% |
| Climate Change | 7% | 7% | 8% | 6% | 9% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 8% | ** | 13% | 2% | 4% | 11% | 4% | 4% | 0% | 9% | 13% | 6% | 2% | 9% | 11% | 3% | 11% | 9% | 7% | 3% | 5% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 10% | 8% | 6% | 9% | 8% | 5% | 7% | 6% | 8% |
| COVID-19 | 3% | 4% | 1% | 3% | 4% | 2% | 2% | 4% | 2% | 3% | ** | 3% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 4% | 1% | 4% | 1% | 4% | 2% | 1% | 4% | 5% | 1% | 0% | 3% | 4% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 6% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 3% | 4% |
| Crime | 8% | 8% | 8% | 4% | 10% | 8% | 10% | 7% | 9% | 7% | ** | 9% | 11% | 15% | 3% | 9% | 10% | 14% | 10% | 1% | 2% | 12% | 10% | 1% | 14% | 4% | 5% | 9% | 6% | 10% | 8% | 8% | 9% | 7% | 9% | 7% | 3% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 8% |
| Election Integrity | 5% | 6% | 3% | 5% | 5% | 2% | 7% | 5% | 4% | 5% | ** | 11% | 1% | 7% | 4% | 2% | 7% | 7% | 4% | 2% | 6% | 7% | 4% | 3% | 5% | 5% | 6% | 4% | 4% | 6% | 4% | 5% | 3% | 6% | 4% | 5% | 3% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 4% | 5% |
| Foreign Policy | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | ** | 0% | 1% | 2% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 1% |
| Guns | 3% | 4% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 3% | 4% | ** | 0% | 3% | 2% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 1% | 2% | 6% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 5% | 1% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 6% | 2% | 3% | 1% | 4% | 4% | 2% | 6% | 5% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 4% |
| Housing Prices | 3% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 1% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 3% | ** | 7% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 2% | 5% | 1% | 4% | 3% | 2% | 3% | 5% | 2% | 1% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 6% | 6% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 4% | 3% |
| Homelessness | 2% | 3% | 2% | 0% | 7% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 2% | ** | 1% | 6% | 0% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 4% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 4% | 2% | 0% | 3% | 1% | 3% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 3% | 7% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 3% |
| Inflation | 22% | 24% | 20% | 25% | 26% | 24% | 13% | 26% | 19% | 23% | ** | 14% | 22% | 25% | 15% | 29% | 19% | 41% | 23% | 14% | 7% | 32% | 23% | 12% | 30% | 16% | 26% | 21% | 29% | 22% | 18% | 19% | 26% | 21% | 23% | 21% | 17% | 27% | 19% | 28% | 16% | 21% |
| Voting Rights | 4% | 5% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 12% | 1% | 6% | 2% | ** | 3% | 12% | 3% | 7% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 10% | 6% | 1% | 2% | 9% | 3% | 5% | 1% | 5% | 4% | 7% | 1% | 4% | 5% | 3% | 5% | 2% | 2% | 5% | 3% | 3% | 6% | 3% |
| Other | 3% | 6% | 1% | 6% | 0% | 2% | 6% | 3% | 4% | 3% | ** | 0% | 5% | 3% | 2% | 6% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 1% | 6% | 4% | 4% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 1% | 5% | 2% | 5% | 3% | 8% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 3% | 1% | 3% | 7% | 5% | 6% | 1% |
| Not Sure | 3% | 2% | 4% | 2% | 2% | 4% | 4% | 2% | 4% | 3% | ** | 0% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 4% | 3% | 5% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 6% | 1% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 3% | 1% |
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| Composition of Likely November Voters | 100% | 48% | 52% | 23% | 22% | 30% | 25% | 45% | 55% | 76% | 3% | 6% | 15% | 27% | 42% | 28% | 11% | 17% | 39% | 21% | 9% | 29% | 39% | 30% | 36% | 52% | 27% | 71% | 25% | 37% | 38% | 29% | 34% | 37% | 72% | 28% | 24% | 50% | 26% | 31% | 24% | 44% |
| 4 | Would you be more or less likely to vote for a candidate who supports federal restrictions on abortion? Or would it make no difference to you? |
| 589 Likely November Voters | All | Gender | Age | <50 / 50+ | Race | Party Affiliation | Ideology | Ideology Aggregated | 2020 Vote | Parent | Education | Income | Home | Urbanicity | Region | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credibility Interval: ± 5 pct points | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | 18-49 | 50+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Asian / | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Very Con | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | Very Lib | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | Trump | Biden | Yes | No | High Sch | Some Col | 4-Year C | < $40K | $40K - $ | > $80K | Own | Rent | Urban | Suburban | Rural | W WA | E WA | Metro Se | |
| More Likely | 22% | 27% | 17% | 20% | 25% | 26% | 15% | 23% | 21% | 20% | ** | 18% | 29% | 38% | 16% | 15% | 60% | 36% | 18% | 6% | 6% | 46% | 18% | 6% | 33% | 15% | 30% | 18% | 31% | 15% | 22% | 17% | 21% | 26% | 21% | 22% | 28% | 18% | 23% | 18% | 23% | 23% |
| Less Likely | 51% | 46% | 55% | 60% | 45% | 39% | 61% | 53% | 49% | 50% | ** | 64% | 48% | 23% | 73% | 45% | 3% | 25% | 47% | 85% | 90% | 16% | 47% | 87% | 22% | 72% | 50% | 51% | 31% | 59% | 56% | 45% | 51% | 54% | 50% | 53% | 54% | 51% | 47% | 48% | 55% | 50% |
| No Difference | 20% | 23% | 17% | 13% | 24% | 24% | 18% | 19% | 21% | 21% | ** | 14% | 21% | 31% | 8% | 28% | 29% | 29% | 27% | 4% | 3% | 29% | 27% | 4% | 36% | 9% | 15% | 22% | 28% | 20% | 15% | 25% | 21% | 16% | 21% | 17% | 14% | 23% | 20% | 22% | 16% | 21% |
| Not Sure | 8% | 4% | 11% | 6% | 6% | 11% | 6% | 6% | 9% | 9% | ** | 4% | 2% | 8% | 3% | 13% | 8% | 10% | 9% | 5% | 1% | 9% | 9% | 4% | 9% | 4% | 5% | 9% | 10% | 6% | 8% | 13% | 7% | 4% | 8% | 8% | 4% | 9% | 9% | 12% | 7% | 5% |
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| Composition of Likely November Voters | 100% | 48% | 52% | 23% | 22% | 30% | 25% | 45% | 55% | 76% | 3% | 6% | 15% | 27% | 42% | 28% | 11% | 17% | 39% | 21% | 9% | 29% | 39% | 30% | 36% | 52% | 27% | 71% | 25% | 37% | 38% | 29% | 34% | 37% | 72% | 28% | 24% | 50% | 26% | 31% | 24% | 44% |
| 5 | Is the Current Supreme Court of the United States in touch or out of touch with the values and beliefs of most Americans? |
| 875 Adults | All | Gender | Age | <50 / 50+ | Race | Party Affiliation | Ideology | Ideology Aggregated | 2020 Vote | Parent | Education | Income | Home | Urbanicity | Region | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credibility Interval: ± 4.1 pct points | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | 18-49 | 50+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Asian / | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Very Con | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | Very Lib | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | Trump | Biden | Yes | No | High Sch | Some Col | 4-Year C | < $40K | $40K - $ | > $80K | Own | Rent | Urban | Suburban | Rural | W WA | E WA | Metro Se | |
| In Touch | 24% | 31% | 17% | 24% | 25% | 21% | 26% | 24% | 23% | 24% | ** | 18% | 26% | 40% | 19% | 21% | 61% | 42% | 21% | 8% | 10% | 50% | 21% | 9% | 43% | 19% | 30% | 21% | 29% | 14% | 29% | 18% | 24% | 29% | 27% | 19% | 30% | 22% | 20% | 20% | 23% | 27% |
| Out Of Touch | 55% | 52% | 59% | 49% | 54% | 58% | 64% | 51% | 61% | 58% | ** | 57% | 44% | 40% | 67% | 55% | 12% | 38% | 59% | 85% | 69% | 28% | 59% | 80% | 39% | 71% | 48% | 60% | 46% | 64% | 55% | 56% | 57% | 54% | 53% | 59% | 54% | 55% | 56% | 60% | 55% | 53% |
| Not Sure | 21% | 17% | 24% | 27% | 21% | 21% | 10% | 25% | 16% | 18% | ** | 25% | 30% | 20% | 14% | 23% | 27% | 20% | 20% | 7% | 21% | 23% | 20% | 11% | 18% | 10% | 21% | 19% | 25% | 22% | 16% | 26% | 19% | 17% | 20% | 23% | 16% | 22% | 23% | 21% | 22% | 21% |
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| Composition of Adults | 100% | 50% | 50% | 32% | 24% | 26% | 19% | 56% | 44% | 69% | 3% | 11% | 18% | 23% | 36% | 32% | 10% | 15% | 40% | 18% | 8% | 26% | 40% | 25% | 31% | 42% | 30% | 66% | 31% | 34% | 35% | 34% | 33% | 33% | 62% | 38% | 26% | 49% | 25% | 30% | 24% | 46% |