As Fizz noted today, a new KING 5 poll showed mayoral challenger Ed Murray leading incumbent Mike McGinn by a margin of 52-30. McGinn campaign consultant John Wyble acknowledged the mayor appeared to be "trailing" ("It's always fun to get a poll at 7:30 in the morning saying you're 22 points down") but added, "I don't know by how much—I think it's closer" than the 22-point margin the poll suggests. Wyble says he thinks the poll under-sampled cell phone users.

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Mayor Mike McGinn has campaigned as the progressive in his race for reelection (he's being challenged by state Sen. Ed Murray, D-43). However, of the voters who identified as liberal in today's KING 5 poll, 49 percemt went for Murray, compared to just 35 percent for McGinn—a 14 pont lead for Murray among liberal voters. 

And, interestingly, McGinn voters lean conservative. Among those who went for McGinn, 40 percent identified themselves as conservative and 35 percent as liberals. It goes the other way with Murray: 49  percent of Murray supporters's identify as liberals and 38 percent identify as conservative.

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Despite McGinn's reputation as the "youth candidate," far more voters between the ages of 18 and 34—49 percent, compared to the mayor's 32 percent—said they would support Murray?

Despite McGinn's reputation as the "youth candidate," far more voters between the ages of 18 and 34 said they would support Murray.Isn't It Weird That ...

Although Mayor McGinn has made an issue of his opponent Murray's record in Olympia (trashing him, for example, for failing to retain a Democratic majority in the senate and failing to pass a statewide transportation tax package), voters actually approve of Murray's performance as a state senator by a margin of 57 to 19 (with the remainder undecided)— an indication that McGinn's "ineffectual Olympia" message isn't hitting its target. 

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Of the 30 percent of voters overalls who said they're supporting McGinn (and the 52 percent who are supporting Murray), women appear to strongly dislike McGinn? Just 24 percent of women said they would vote for McGinn, compared to 34 percent of men; meanwhile, Murray's support was split evenly among the genders, at 52 percent.

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The population of Hispanic residents (as usual) was too small to even register among SurveyUSA's responses?