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| Voter turnout hits modern low in WA | Voter turnout for this November鈥檚 election was the lowest on record for a general election in Washington state history, according to a Seattle Times analysis of election data from the Secretary of State鈥檚 Office. Nearly two-thirds of registered voters did not turn in ballots, leaving鈥 |
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| Whatcom primary ballots burst with candidates | 鈥淚t was the norm around here to have incumbents run unopposed,鈥 said Todd Donovan, a professor of political science at Western Washington University and a sitting county council member. Donovan is not up for election this year. 鈥淓ven with open seats, a lot of the time鈥 |
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| Why Washington lost its early presidential primary bid | Last week, the rule-making arm of the Democratic National Committee approved a new draft plan for which states will vote first in 2024. Washington didn't make the cut. That's likely because the Evergreen State is too politically left and too geographically west, Todd Donovan, a鈥 |
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| Ranked-choice voting is on the ballot in some state elections | There is growing agreement that the argument ranked-choice voting is 鈥渢oo complicated鈥 is outdated, said Todd Donovan, a political science professor at Western Washington University. Instead, new research focuses on how to make ballots more accessible for voters. While there are鈥 |
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| On the Ballot: Moving King County elections to even years | This week the King County Council voted to change how we vote in King County. Here鈥檚 a hint: they want election years to be divisible by two. King County has approved a charter amendment that would move the generally non-partisan county elections from odd-numbered years to even-鈥 |
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| Soaring gas prices, crime rates and homelessness: How will parties position themselves locally headed into primaries? | Early returns from this year鈥檚 midterm elections and public opinion polls point to the rising costs of goods, public safety and homelessness dominating political discussion headed into the primaries. The outlook in Spokane mirrors that seen in urban areas across the nation, with soaring鈥 |
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| Should Seattle use ranked-choice voting? | 鈥淭here was slightly less reported high levels of understanding in [ranked-choice voting] communities, but they were really high across the board,鈥 says Todd Donovan, a political science professor at Western Washington University and a co-author of the study. |
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| Experts on U.S. Capitol riots: We鈥檝e never seen this, either | While the storming of the Capitol is without parallel, similar incidents on a smaller scale have happened in state capitals recently, said Todd Donovan, professor of political science at Western Washington University. Protesters broke doors to enter the Oregon Capitol last week and occupied the鈥 |
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| Experts on U.S. Capitol riots: We鈥檝e never seen this, either | While the storming of the Capitol is without parallel, similar incidents on a smaller scale have happened in state capitals recently, said Todd Donovan, professor of political science at Western Washington University. Protesters broke doors to enter the Oregon Capitol last week and occupied the鈥 |
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| Washington state donors gave big in Georgia Senate races | Washington state residents opened their wallets in recent months to help Democrats flip two Senate seats in Georgia, contributing at least $7.3 million toward the party鈥檚 successful bid to take back the U.S. Senate. The bulk of those individual donations 鈥 about $5.8 million 鈥 came 鈥 |