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: | NPI's proposal to allow cities and towns to move their regularly scheduled elections to even years if they want is drawing a lot of interest in the wake of the 2023 general election, which saw the worst turnout in state history. |
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| Published at: | 4:30 PM on Monday, December 4th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | Even-Year Elections |
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| Excerpt: | November 28th, 2023 was the deadline for counties to certify their returns in the November 2023 general election. Statewide turnout will pass into the history books at 36.41% for this year. That's the lowest Washington has seen since recordkeeping began. |
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| Published at: | 6:42 PM on Tuesday, November 28th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | Even-Year Elections |
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| Excerpt: | Washington State is at real risk of setting a new record for the worst general election turnout in state history. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 AM on Thursday, November 9th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | Even-Year Elections |
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| Excerpt: | This is it. Election Day 2023 has arrived. Have you voted? Have you asked your family and friends if they've voted? |
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| Published at: | 9:00 AM on Tuesday, November 7th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | Reminder to Vote |
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| Excerpt: | Here's where voter turnout stands with twenty-four hours left to vote in the 2023 Washington State general election. |
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| Published at: | 8:00 PM on Monday, November 6th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | Voter Turnout |
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| Excerpt: | King County Elections staff had hoped that countywide turnout would surpass 35%, but it has stalled out at around 30%, and it looks like it will be below what it was in 2021 and 2019. |
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| Published at: | 1:48 PM on Thursday, August 10th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | Even-Year Elections |
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| Excerpt: | August 1st, 2023 is Top Two Election Day! Have you voted? Have you checked in with family and friends to make sure they have voted? |
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| Published at: | 9:30 AM on Tuesday, August 1st, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | Election Day, Reminder to Vote |
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| Excerpt: | Learn about the voting justice panel that the Northwest Progressive Institute is hosting at Netroots Nation 2023. |
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| Published at: | 8:34 AM on Wednesday, June 28th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections, Events |
| Other Tags: | Even-Year Elections, Netroots Nation |
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| Excerpt: | How does turnout compare to past midterm elections in Washington State? Read this NPI analysis if you'd like to get acquainted with the historical data. |
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| Published at: | 6:25 PM on Tuesday, November 29th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | Voter Turnout |
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| Excerpt: | Republican Reagan Dunn asks rhetorically if people will pay attention to county races if they're in even years. The answer is yes, they will... because county governance and county-level topics will be part of the mix in years when people are more attuned to politics and when the media's political coverage is more robust. |
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| Published at: | 6:43 PM on Monday, October 10th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | Even-Year Elections |
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| Excerpt: | Today is Election Day! Have you voted? Have you checked in with family and friends to make sure they have voted? |
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| Published at: | 9:30 AM on Tuesday, August 2nd, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | Election Day, Reminder to Vote |
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| Excerpt: | Fewer than four in ten voters voted for just the third time in a statewide general election, going back to when recordkeeping began. The turnout we just saw is the third worst general election turnout in state history, behind only 2017 and 2015. |
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| Published at: | 1:01 PM on Wednesday, November 24th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | Certification |
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| Excerpt: | This is it. Election Day 2021 has arrived. Have you voted? Have you asked your family and friends if they've voted? |
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| Published at: | 9:30 AM on Tuesday, November 2nd, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | Reminder to Vote |
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| Excerpt: | With about thirty-four hours left to vote in the 2021 general election, statewide turnout stood at 16.7%, slightly above where it was at a comparable point in the 2017 general election four years ago. |
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| Published at: | 9:59 AM on Monday, November 1st, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | Reminder to Vote |
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