| Results of SurveyUSA Election Poll #14154 |
| WA 8th: Reichert Lead Remains Unchanged in Burner Rematch: Incumbent Republican Congressman Dave Reichert defeats Democratic challenger Darcy Burner by 6 points today, in a rematch of their 2006 election fight, according to this latest exclusive KING-TV poll conducted by SurveyUSA. Today, it's Reichert 50%, Burner 44%, essentially unchanged from an identical SurveyUSA poll released six weeks ago, when it was Reichert 51%, Burner 45%. Among men, Reichert leads by 14 points; among women, Burner leads by 3 -- a 17 point gender gap, again identical to the numbers from six weeks ago. 16% of Democrats cross over to vote for Reichert; 8% of Republicans cross over to vote for Burner. Independents today tie, a notable change from six weeks ago, when independents favored Reichert by 13 points. Burner, a former Microsoft executive, lost to Reichert in 2006 by 2 points, 51% to 49%. |
| Filtering: SurveyUSA interviewed 900 Washington state registered voters 07/27/08 through 07/29/08, using registration-based sample from Aristotle. Of the registered voters, 688 were determined by SurveyUSA to be likely to vote in the November general election. 37 of Washington's 39 counties vote exclusively by mail; ballots must be postmarked no later than Election Day, 11/04/08. |
 | If the election for U.S. House of Representatives, were today, would you vote for ... (names rotated) Republican Dave Reichert? Or, Democrat Darcy Burner? |
| 688 Likely Voters | All | Gender | Age | <50 / 50+ | Race | Party Affiliation | Ideology | Attend Religious Service | Abortion | Change Your Mind | ||||||||||||||||
| Credibility Interval: ± 3.8 pct points | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | 18-49 | 50+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Asian/Ot | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | Regularl | Occasion | Almost N | Pro-life | Pro-choi | Could Ch | Mind Mad | |
| Dave Reichert (R) | 50% | 54% | 46% | 47% | 52% | 50% | 52% | 50% | 51% | 52% | ** | ** | 35% | 90% | 16% | 45% | 88% | 43% | 13% | 65% | 50% | 36% | 76% | 37% | 48% | 52% |
| Darcy Burner (D) | 44% | 40% | 49% | 48% | 40% | 47% | 44% | 43% | 46% | 43% | ** | ** | 61% | 8% | 81% | 45% | 9% | 52% | 82% | 32% | 45% | 56% | 19% | 58% | 37% | 47% |
| Other | 1% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 3% | 0% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | ** | ** | 2% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 4% | 0% |
| Undecided | 4% | 4% | 4% | 6% | 5% | 2% | 3% | 6% | 2% | 4% | ** | ** | 1% | 1% | 3% | 7% | 1% | 4% | 3% | 2% | 4% | 6% | 4% | 4% | 11% | 1% |
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| Composition of Likely Voters | 100% | 51% | 49% | 18% | 32% | 35% | 15% | 49% | 51% | 88% | 3% | 3% | 6% | 35% | 34% | 27% | 29% | 46% | 17% | 36% | 25% | 39% | 34% | 64% | 21% | 77% |