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To: KLP who wrote (515142)	10/19/2012 5:55:07 PM
From: SmoothSail	14 Recommendations Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 793970

To: KLP who wrote (515142)	10/19/2012 7:40:15 PM
From: Brian Sullivan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793970

Seattle most popular city in the US but not in WA Raleigh, N.C. – Seattle claimed the title of most popular city in the country in April, but it cannot claim the title of most popular city in Washington. Spokane comes in as the most popular of the state’s cities, with 56% seeing it favorably and only 14% unfavorably. Seattle has a higher raw favorability (58%), but 26% see it negatively. In terms of net favorability, Vancouver also tops Seattle (49-10). The capital, Olympia, is not far behind (48-20). Seattle topped the list of most popular cities in the U.S. with a 57-14 favorability spread nationwide. Dragging down Seattle’s favorability rating in its home state is an enormous partisan division among voters. The state’s largest city has a +74 net favorability rating (82-8) with Democrats and a -3 net favorability rating (38-41) with Republicans. Independents favor the city, 48-35. Spokane is the most popular city with Republicans at 69% favorability among GOP voters. But unlike Seattle, Spokane is viewed positively by all voters. 52% of Democrats and 50% of independents also view the city favorably. Microsoft, whose headquarters is located in the state, is overwhelmingly popular, at 72% favorability. Microsoft employs 40,000 people in Washington. Washingtonians’ pro-Microsoft sentiments also extend to PCs, which are more popular than Macs (44-22). Upholding stereotypes, Democrats like Macs more than Republicans—25% of state Democrats favor Macs over PCs, while just 17% of Republicans feel the same way. Just 6% of young voters (aged 18 to 29) favor Macs over PCs. Starbucks, which is also headquartered in the state, is significantly less popular than Microsoft, at 46% favorability. Starbucks is very popular with liberals and not very popular with conservatives—61% of very liberal voters have a favorable opinion of the company to just 38% of very conservative voters. The company has a +39 net favorability rating with Democrats and just a +14 net favorability rating with Republicans. PPP surveyed 1,073 Washington voters from June 14th to June 17th. The margin of error for the survey is +/-3.0%. This poll was not paid for or authorized by any campaign or political organization. PPP surveys are conducted through automated telephone interviews.