A new SurveyUSA poll today sheds some light on the 2016 Washington gubernatorial election between Gov. Jay Inslee and Bill Bryant. The poll, taken from 31-Oct to 2-Nov surveyed 667 likely voters in Washington state (3.9 MOE). Inslee took 50% and Bryant, 43%.
There were 620 people who went for Inslee or Bryant. If we consider only these 620 people, Inslee receives 53.8% and Bryant 46.2%.
A Monte Carlo analysis employing a million simulated elections finds that Inslee wins 903,218 times and Bryant wins 91,992 times. (Other or Undecided wins 4790 times.)
Inslee wins 90.8% of the simulated elections to Bryant’s 9.2%, suggesting that Inslee has about a 91% chance of winning, based only on the evidence contained in this poll.
Here is the distribution of votes from the simulated elections.
Of course, we have other polls in this election that shed additional light. Here is the polling over the past 8 months in the election suggesting that there has been almost no change in the race over the past eight months.
The relative stasis in the race suggests that we can combine the October Elway poll with the current poll. The Elway poll, taken 20-22 October, surveyed 502 individuals (4.5 MOE) and found Inslee leading 51% to 39%. If we repeat the previous analysis using both polls, Inslee wins 989,592 times and Bryant wins 9,805 times. The evidence from these two polls, suggests that Inslee will win with near certainty (99.0% probability).
The distribution of votes looks like this.
There you have it. If the election was held today, Inslee would beat Bryant. I don’t expect the race to change much between now and Tuesday, but it is wise to keep in mind that anything can happen in politics.
Great, but what about our unfaithful electors? We have two Bernie Boobs saying they won’t vote for Hillary if Washington voters choose her over Trump.
http://www.seattletimes.com/se.....r-clinton/
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Then I’ll get at least one electoral vote in the 2016 election.
Roger Rabbit @ 1,
I say promise a class-action, breech of contract lawsuit for a faithless vote. And then follow through with a massive lawsuit if they don’t resign & cast a faithless vote.
If Hillary needs all 12 of washingtons electoral votes to get to 270 I’m sure they will vote for her.
About governor though, Bryant had no chance from the beginning. He has no experience and Inslee in an incumbent Democrat in a deep blue state.
@4 “’No, no, no on Hillary. Absolutely not. No way,’ said Robert Satiacum, a member of Washington’s Puyallup Tribe who had supported Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders as the Democratic presidential nominee. … ‘I hope it comes down to a swing vote and it’s me,’ he said. ‘Good. She ain’t getting it. Maybe it’ll wake this country up.’”
http://www.seattletimes.com/se.....r-clinton/
@3 I don’t think you can do that. An elector who abstains or fails to appear can be replaced by vote of the other electors, and state law provides for a $1,000 civil fine for an elector who votes for a candidate of a different party, but I assume that vote would count. That’s about it.
If it came down to Clinton just barely winning, and the election was thrown into the House by 1 or more faithless Democratic electors, which would result in Republican congressmen choosing the next president, I think those electors would have a hard time living in this country afterward. They might have to go into exile abroad.
Aww, I already voted Inslee but I was looking forward to seeing how Bryant would single-handedly fix traffic and solve homelessness.