The Cascadia Advocate is written by the staff, board, and contributors of the Northwest Progressive Institute, a netroots powered strategy center working to raise America's quality of life through insightful research and imaginative advocacy.
NPI was founded in August 2003 and is based in Redmond, Washington.
| Excerpt: | 60% of voters surveyed in May 2019 support requiring presidential candidates to disclose their tax returns to appear on the state's general election ballot. |
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| Published at: | 10:30 AM on Monday, June 10th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Announcements, Breaking News, Core Encyclopedia Topics, Open Government |
| Other Tags: | Accountable Leaders |
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| Excerpt: | Most Evergreen State voters disapprove of Donald Trump and say they'd support his Democratic opponent if the 2020 election were being held now, a new NPI poll finds. |
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| Published at: | 12:15 PM on Tuesday, May 28th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Announcements, Elections |
| Other Tags: | US-Pres |
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| Excerpt: | Washington State voted for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election and has been a hotbed of resistance activity since Donald Trump's Electoral College victory a year and a half ago, so it's not too surprising that most Washingtonians don't have a favorable opinion of Trump's job performance. |
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| Published at: | 11:31 AM on Friday, May 25th, 2018 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Elections, Open Government |
| Other Tags: | Accountable Leaders |
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| Excerpt: | Maria Cantwell is well positioned to continue on in the United States Senate with seatmate Patty Murray for another six years, a new NPI poll has found. 52% of respondents said they would support Cantwell, while only 36% would support Republican Susan Hutchison. |
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| Published at: | 11:31 AM on Thursday, May 24th, 2018 |
| Written by: | Alison Wendler |
| Categories: | Elections, Party Politics |
| Other Tags: | WA-Sen |
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| Excerpt: | Nearly three in five Washington voters agree it’s time for the state to put a price on pollution to fund a socially responsible transition to clean energy, according to a survey conducted last month by Public Policy Polling for NPI. 59% of likely 2018 voters surveyed agree that Washington State should reduce emissions of air pollutants […] |
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| Published at: | 1:50 PM on Friday, July 21st, 2017 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Legislative Advocacy, Our Environment |
| Other Tags: | Budgeting, Climate Crisis, Energy & Power, Fiscal Responsibility |
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| Excerpt: | A majority of Washingtonians remain supportive of levying a capital gains tax on the wealthy to ensure our state meets its paramount duty of providing an amply funded education for all children residing within its borders, the Northwest Progressive Institute’s most recent statewide survey has confirmed. 57% of likely 2018 Washington voters surveyed by Public Policy Polling […] |
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| Published at: | 5:13 PM on Thursday, July 20th, 2017 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy |
| Other Tags: | Budgeting, Fiscal Responsibility |
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| Excerpt: | NPI's research has confirmed that there's an extraordinary appetite for meaningful accountability that spans the ideological spectrum and every demographic group imaginable. |
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| Published at: | 3:15 PM on Monday, July 10th, 2017 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, World Commmunity |
| Other Tags: | Budgeting, Ethical Business, Fiscal Responsibility |
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| Excerpt: | Given the opportunity to cast a vote in a special state House race or state Senate contest this year -- ordinarily just a local election year -- most Washingtonians surveyed say they would support the Democratic Party's candidates. |
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| Published at: | 12:39 PM on Thursday, July 6th, 2017 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | WA-Leg |
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| Excerpt: | Elections can be difficult to predict, and we can't be sure of what will happen in the November 2018 midterms, but this data reinforces our belief that Republicans will be hard pressed to find a candidate who can give Cantwell a serious challenge, let alone unseat her. |
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| Published at: | 10:26 AM on Wednesday, July 5th, 2017 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | WA-Sen |
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| Excerpt: | A new poll commissioned by NPI has found that voters in Washington State are overwhelmingly opposed to the U.S. House's version of Trumpcuts while resoundingly supportive of the idea of expanding Medicare to cover everyone |
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| Published at: | 1:19 PM on Friday, June 30th, 2017 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Breaking News |
| Tags: | Research Poll Findings |
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