| Excerpt: | There is a strong desire for results over rhetoric. While respondents diverge on how to get there, they are in agreement that there needs to be action. What the city has done to date just isn't enough. |
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| Published at: | 6:15 PM on Wednesday, July 21st, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Legislative Advocacy |
| Tags: | Research Poll Findings, WA-Cities |
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Category Archives: Elections
No surprise: Seattle voters’ top concern this election year is addressing homelessness
Oregon changes its ballot return policy to match Washington’s more voter-friendly laws
| Excerpt: | Beginning in 2022, Beaver State voters will be able to vote through the Postal Service and have their ballot count as long as it's postmarked by Election Day and received within seven days. That's a win for democracy and ballot access. |
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| Published at: | 3:13 PM on Tuesday, July 20th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Legislative Advocacy |
| Tags: | Fair Elections, Voter Turnout |
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Ready, fire, aim! NRCC ineptly tries to knock Kim Schrier for sponsoring NPI’s research
| Excerpt: | While it's not unusual for the NRCC to say bad things about Schrier, who they desperately want to defeat in 2022, this particular broadside was notable in that it also attacked NPI, and faulted Schrier for sponsoring our research! |
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| Published at: | 5:05 PM on Monday, July 19th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | WA-08 |
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Nikkita Oliver has a big early lead over Sara Nelson for Seattle City Council Position #9
| Excerpt: | Two very different candidates appear likely to move on to the November general election in the race to succeed mayoral hopeful Lorena González on the Seattle City Council this year, with one enjoying a rather big early lead over the other. |
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| Published at: | 1:08 PM on Friday, July 16th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Breaking News |
| Tags: | Research Poll Findings, WA-Cities |
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Teresa Mosqueda well ahead of Kate Martin for Seattle City Council #8 with most not sure
| Excerpt: | 26% of likely August 2021 Seattle voters said they were voting for Mosqueda, while 55% said they were not sure. The remaining respondents said either that they would not vote (3%) or picked one of Mosqueda's opponents, like Kate Martin. |
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| Published at: | 1:04 PM on Friday, July 16th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Breaking News |
| Tags: | Research Poll Findings, WA-Cities |
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Bruce Harrell, Lorena González lead in 2021 Seattle mayoral race with many undecided
| Excerpt: | 20% of 617 likely 2021 Top Two voters in Seattle surveyed before ballots dropped said they were voting for Harrell, while 12% said they were voting for González. 32% said they were undecided. |
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| Published at: | 1:02 PM on Friday, July 16th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Breaking News |
| Tags: | Research Poll Findings, WA-Cities |
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Most of Texas’ House Democrats just left the state to stop a voter suppression bill
| Excerpt: | By walking out, Democratic state representatives are leaving the Texas State House of Representatives without a constitutionally required quorum, which means that the House cannot conduct any floor business. |
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| Published at: | 8:22 PM on Monday, July 12th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | Fair Elections, Universal Suffrage |
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Canada gets its first Indigenous Governor General, weeks ahead of expected snap election call by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
| Excerpt: | Mary Simon, an Inuit leader, will be the first in the job to come from Canada’s Aboriginal First Nations peoples. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 AM on Monday, July 12th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, World Commmunity |
| Tags: | CN-Parliament, Diplomacy & Conflict |
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NPI announces 2021 Seattle polling plans
| Excerpt: | A heads up to everyone interested in Emerald City politics: NPI is expanding its public opinion research to the local level, beginning with two surveys in Seattle. |
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| Published at: | 6:21 PM on Thursday, July 8th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Announcements |
| Tags: | Research Polling Plans, WA-Cities |
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Donald Trump frivolously sues big tech firms in his latest ploy for money and attention
| Excerpt: | “This lawsuit is a stunt, and it’s unlikely to find traction in the courts,” Jameel Jaffer, director of the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, told the Daily Beast. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 AM on Thursday, July 8th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Other Categories: | Litigation |
| Tags: | Fair Elections |
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Lorena González talks with NPI about her 2021 candidacy for Mayor of Seattle
| Excerpt: | Read a transcript of the conversation between NPI's Ruairi Vaughan and mayoral candidate Lorena González, one of fifteen candidates vying to become Seattle's next elected executive in the 2021 cycle. |
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| Published at: | 5:00 PM on Wednesday, July 7th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Ruairi Vaughan |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | WA-Cities |
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Most voters favor Seattle Charter Amendment 29 (concerning homelessness) out of the gate