A couple of commentators raised the issue of who was polled and if they were from Olympia. According to the City's website and their consultants they were taken from voter files, so that is a pretty good verification of where they are from. The survey also broke down what part of Olympia the responses were from.
Here is the link (you will need to cut and paste ) to the more detailed survey... https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1fJTi5Mq0Xr2kewj3IO43vLOLFv0-3fMMDUcEqyPg6dA/edit#slide=id.g1d7047c634f_2_131
And here is what it says about the methodology. The 500+ sample size brings you about a 5.5 point plus or minus accuracy.
"On behalf of the City of Olympia, Embold Research surveyed 531 adults living in Olympia, WA from May 1-8, 2023.
The following sources were used to recruit participants:
Targeted advertisements on Facebook and Instagram
Text messages sent, via the Switchboard platform, to cell phone numbers listed on the voter file for individuals who qualified for the survey’s sample universe, based on their voter file data
Regardless of which of these sources a respondent came from, they were directed to a survey hosted on SurveyMonkey’s website.
Post-stratification was performed on age, gender, race/ethnicity, education and homeowner status. Weighting parameters were based on demographic breakdowns from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS).
The modeled margin of error for this survey is 5.5%. Modeled margin of error uses effective sample sizes that adjust for the design effect of weighting."
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