Poll: Most Washington voters want to pause reopening economy
A majority of Washingtonians believe the recent uptick in coronavirus cases means the state should pull back or pause its reopening plans, according to results from a new Crosscut/Elway Poll.
When asked how the government should respond, 26% of those surveyed for the statewide poll said Washington should reimpose restrictions to control the spread of the virus. Thirty-three percent said the reopening should pause to see what develops, while 38% said they believe Washington should continue reopening its economy. Just 3% of registered voters interviewed between July 11 and 15 said they had no opinion on reopening.
Viewpoints on this topic were sharply divided between those who identified themselves as Democrats and those who called themselves Republicans, as well as between people who live in urban or suburban communities and those from rural parts of the state.
While 72% of the Democrats in the random sample said either reopening should pause or restrictions should be reimposed, 23% of Republicans said the state should at least freeze its reopening process. Only 23% of urban voters and 37% of suburban voters thought it was a good idea to continue reopening, while 48% of small town and rural voters felt that way. The poll has a sampling error of plus or minus 5% at a 95% level of confidence, which means that if the survey had been conducted 100 times, the results would be within 5 percentage points of the results reported here at least 95 times.
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(Spokane Inlander)
