Compared with the final results of the Washington State primary on Tuesday the Internet-based PulsePoll tracked exactly with the total percentage of those who voted for McCain, was within 2.99 percent for Bush, 1.22 percent for Keyes, 1 percent for Bradley and within 6.26 percent for Gore. The PulsePoll tracked closer to election results than those of the ARG traditional phone survey conducted for the primary.

The PulsePoll Primary | Washington started on Thursday, February 24th and allowed for daily tracking of results through Monday, February 28th, the day before the election on many daily and weekly newspaper web sites in Washington. The Washington Newspaper Publishers Association co-sponsored PulsePoll Primary/Washington.