The Cascadia Advocate is written by the staff, board, and contributors of the Northwest Progressive Institute, a regionally focused nonprofit working from Washington, Oregon, & Idaho to constructively transform our world through insightful research and imaginative advocacy.
NPI was founded in August 2003 and is based in Redmond, Washington.
| Excerpt: | With less than a month until ballots drop, Elway Research has found a thirteen point lead for Democrats in Washington's 2022 U.S. Senate race along with a statistical tie in the Secretary of State contest. |
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| Published at: | 12:11 PM on Thursday, September 22nd, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | WA-Exec, WA-Sen |
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| Excerpt: | Subjective organizations are perfectly capable of carrying out objective research, but it appears that Trafalgar's goal here (given their decision to publish these unsupportable figures) is to bolster Smiley's longshot candidacy, rather than making a credible contribution to the body of public opinion research in this race. |
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| Published at: | 10:23 PM on Friday, September 2nd, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | WA-Sen |
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| Excerpt: | For the second time in as many weeks, a new poll has been released that correlates NPI's recent statewide poll findings demonstrating that it's the Democratic Party that is heading into the midterms in Washington State with momentum and vote enthusiasm. |
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| Published at: | 11:30 AM on Tuesday, July 19th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | WA-Exec, WA-Leg, WA-Sen |
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| Excerpt: | The validity of NPI's assault weapons ban research has been affirmed by an entirely separate poll backed by KING5, The Seattle Times, the University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public, and Washington State University’s Murrow College of Communication. |
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| Published at: | 10:54 AM on Friday, July 15th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Civil Liberties, Core Encyclopedia Topics |
| Other Tags: | Secure Firearms Ownership |
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| Excerpt: | 51% of five hundred and ninety-six likely voters interviewed online from July 6th through July 10th by SurveyUSA expressed support for Murray, while 33% backed Smiley and 16% were undecided. It's the best spread Murray has gotten in public polling this year. |
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| Published at: | 10:53 AM on Thursday, July 14th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | WA-Sen |
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| Excerpt: | The survey, conducted from September 7th-9th, 2021, shows Bruce Harrell leading for Mayor, Ann Davison leading for City Attorney, and Teresa Mosqueda and Sara Nelson leading for City Council, with many voters undecided. |
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| Published at: | 12:51 PM on Thursday, September 16th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | WA-Cities |
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| Excerpt: | Support for Jay Inslee's reelection has climbed to 50% as of May 2020, up from 39% in January 2020, while Tim Eyman is down from 11% to 8%. |
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| Published at: | 9:02 PM on Wednesday, May 20th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | WA-Exec, WA-Gov |
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| Excerpt: | The Washington State presidential primary looks extremely competitive with just seventy-two hours left to vote. Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden have nearly identical numbers in a new public opinion research survey taken before Elizabeth Warren suspended her campaign. |
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| Published at: | 6:00 PM on Saturday, March 7th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Ruairi Vaughan |
| Categories: | Party Politics |
| Other Tags: | Pacific Northwest Presidential Primaries, US-Pres |
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| Excerpt: | Public Policy Polling found the former Vice President and Bernie Sanders are in the lead in the Palmetto State. No other candidate registered support in the double digits. |
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| Published at: | 12:55 PM on Tuesday, February 25th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Ruairi Vaughan |
| Categories: | Elections, Party Politics |
| Other Tags: | US-Pres |
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| Excerpt: | The Senator from Vermont holds a convincing lead against his Democratic rivals for the presidential nomination. |
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| Published at: | 11:12 PM on Saturday, February 1st, 2020 |
| Written by: | Ruairi Vaughan |
| Categories: | Elections, Party Politics |
| Other Tags: | US-Pres |
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| Excerpt: | With November 8th only a month away, we’re starting to see new polling released on a near-daily basis. Today, KOMO TV and Strategies 360 released a new set of results from a recent poll they collaborated on, while Tina Podlodowski’s campaign distributed findings from a poll showing Podlodowski narrowly ahead of incumbent Republican Kim Wyman […] |
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| Published at: | 5:47 PM on Friday, October 7th, 2016 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | WA-Ballot, WA-Exec |
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| Excerpt: | CarbonWA’s poorly conceived I‑732 is under water and faring worse than the other five initiatives certified to Washington’s ballot this year, according to a new survey released this morning by longtime pollster Stuart Elway. I‑732 would institute a pollution tax and use the proceeds to lower other taxes. Its promoters say it’s revenue neutral, but the […] |
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| Published at: | 11:00 AM on Wednesday, August 17th, 2016 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | WA-Ballot |
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| Excerpt: | Presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton has a double digit lead over presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump, according to a survey conducted this week by Public Policy Polling for the Northwest Progressive Institute. The survey asked respondents: If the candidates for President this fall were Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump, who would you vote for? 49% […] |
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| Published at: | 1:55 PM on Thursday, June 16th, 2016 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections, Party Politics |
| Other Tags: | US-Pres |
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| Excerpt: | Respected public opinion research firm Public Policy Polling has just published the results of a poll it recently conducted in Washington on 2016 races and voter attitudes towards background checks on gun sales, marijuana, and marriage freedom. It finds that both Governor Jay Inslee and Senator Patty Murray are in excellent shape for reelection, leading […] |
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| Published at: | 11:21 AM on Thursday, May 21st, 2015 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections, Series & Special Reports |
| Other Tags: | WA-Gov, WA-Sen |
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