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Erica C. Barnett, "New Poll Shows Tunnel Would Impact Elections; Referendum on Tunnel Could Win," Publicola (July 21, 2010)

Friends of Seattle has released partial results of a poll about the proposed deep-bore tunnel. The poll asked 411 likely voters how likely they would be to vote for a generic city council member who supports signing a contract with the state that “accept[s] the state law that makes Seattle taxpayers liable for all cost overruns” on the tunnel. . . . Slightly more than half the voters polled, 51.6 percent, said they would be somewhat or very unlikely to support a council member who signed an agreement that didn’t specify that the state, not Seattle taxpayers, is responsible for cost overruns. Just 35.2 percent said they would be somewhat (17.3 percent) or very (34.3 percent) likely to support such a council member. . . . Additionally, the poll shows that a plurality, 48.8 percent, said they would be likely to vote for a referendum overturning the contract with the state if it doesn’t include a clause exempting city taxpayers from cost overruns. Thirty-two and a half percent said they would not support such a referendum, and 18.7 percent weren’t sure how they’d vote.

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