Todd Donovan
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| Tuesday Q&A: The Electoral College - Working as intended or a democratic dinosaur? | 2019-01-29 | ||
| State Legislatures Drag Their Feet On Voter-Approved Ballot Initiatives | Another factor that explains this year’s legislative backlash is the proliferation of ballot measures … |
2018-12-07 | |
| Want election results? On West Coast, patience is required | If control of the U.S. House comes down to any of the competitive congressional races in Washington state and California, the nation might have to wait days to learn the outcome. In both of those states, voters can put their ballots in the mail as late as Election Day, meaning the final… |
2018-10-09 | |
| Democrats hoping support holds into general election with more diverse voters | Todd Donovan, a political science professor at Western Washington University and a member of the Whatcom County Council, said Democrats shouldn’t read too much into Tuesday’s results since Republicans didn’t have the same motivation to cast their ballots. … |
2018-08-14 | |
| Unpacking government: How does the initiative process work? | 2017-04-10 | ||
| E.P.A. Head Stacks Agency With Climate Change Skeptics | In the days since, Mr. Pruitt, a former Oklahoma attorney general who built a career out of suing the agency he now leads, has moved to stock the top offices of the agency with like-minded conservatives — many of them skeptics of climate change… |
2017-03-08 | |
| West Coast Progressives Wary Of Trump Presidency | For a generation, the West Coast has been the nation’s epicenter of progressive politics. In California, Oregon and Washington, the left-leaning – largely urban -- voting block has long dominated elections, handing victory after victory to Democrats. But… |
2016-11-29 | |
| Clinton wins popular vote, loses presidency: Time to change Electoral College? | The totals at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday were 59,814,010 votes for Clinton, and 59,611,679 for Trump. The lead is expected to grow with late ballot counting in Washington and California. Both Republican presidents chosen to serve in this century have won the White House by coming in… |
2016-11-10 | |
| WWU’s Todd Donovan to Discuss 'The 2016 Presidential Election and Donald Trump’s Effect on American Politics' on Nov.16 at City Hall | 2016-11-01 | ||
| Backers Of Anti-Scam Initiative Say It’s About Protecting Seniors; Critics See Hidden Agenda | Authors of Initiative 1501 say its central aim is to protect seniors from scammers. But detractors argue the initiative itself has a hidden purpose. Initiative 1501, … |
2016-10-07 |