An outfit calling itself “Washington State Political Polls” (yeah, creative name) is running a series of online political surveys with participants selected at random from a database, to gauge public opinion in major electoral races. I have no idea whether these polls are scientific or not, but they do not appear to be the kind that can be freeped.
| MALE | FEMALE | REP | DEM | IND | TOTAL | ||
| Jay Clough (D) | 118 | 117 | 0 | 232 | 3 | 32.4% | |
| Doc Hastings (R) | 131 | 113 | 239 | 0 | 5 | 33.6% | |
| Shane Fast (R) | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.0% | |
| Rex Brocki (I) | 7 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 2.2% | |
| Mary Ruth Edwards (I) | 3 | 17 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 2.8% | |
| Leland Yialelis (I) | 34 | 12 | 43 | 0 | 3 | 6.3% | |
| Undecided | 62 | 96 | 22 | 133 | 3 | 21.8% |
Margin of Error (MoE) 3.64%
The question remains though: Who are the people conducting these polls? There’s no identifying information on their website.
While I’m rooting for Jay, this poll is riddled with bias. Too many male respondents. Not enough older respondents. Way too many Democrats. If the Central WA electorate looked like the response group from this poll, it may be on track. But then, the 4th would also be considered a swing district, which it hasn’t been since 1998. To illustrate my point, more than 35% of the voters will be over 65. This poll records 6% of its responses being from that age group. And those older voters will vote solidly for Doc. Just like they do every time…
The democratic party needs to point out (in ads) and at debates and round tables, that Doc voted against stimulus dollars which created jobs and kept other employment going at Hanford and elsewhere.