Todd Donovan
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| Vancouver millennials inspired to run for office | A white-haired politician who came of age during the civil rights movement and was a conscientious objector during the Vietnam War has inspired a handful of Southwest Washington millennials to try to change today’s political landscape. Bernie Sanders has “catalyzed a movement,” said… |
2016-05-31 | |
| Trump, Clinton win Washington’s presidential primary | Todd Donovan, a professor of political science at Western Washington University, said voters seemed to take a keen interest in Washington’s primary this year, despite that it won’t have much influence on the presidential race. He said part of that interest may be the effect of outsider… |
2016-05-25 | |
| Washington Republicans gather for state convention with more than Trump on their minds | With Donald Trump emerging as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, a little of the drama has been removed from the state GOP convention that opened Wednesday in Pasco. But important issues remain, such as selecting the state's 44 presidential delegates and getting more… |
2016-05-19 | |
| Debating the Democratic Party's superdelegates and their role in 2016 | "Rigged!" shouts MSNBC's Joe Scarborough. "Rigged," declares a New York Post headline. "Disenfranchised," blasts Donald Trump. Some folks on the left and right are heaping scorn on the presidential primary systems. For Democrats, Saturday's… |
2016-04-13 | |
| Bemoaning Political Attacks Won't Fix the Problem | Almost everyone bemoans the attacks and finger pointing that have become an inevitable part of virtually every political campaign. Candidates who agree on little else claim to share this frustration. Bernie Sanders has emphasized that he’s “never run a negative ad in his life,” and Ted Cruz has… |
2016-04-07 | |
| Democrats in Washington to make their pick for president at Saturday caucuses | For Democratic presidential contender Bernie Sanders, Washington state is a prize he can’t afford to lose. The Vermont senator trails Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton by a wide margin in the battle for the party’s nomination. But the Sanders campaign hopes a strong showing at… |
2016-03-23 | |
| The Ghosts of Caucuses Past | It was the summer of 1975. The Vietnam War had just ended. The Bee Gees comeback hit “Jive Talkin’ ” was climbing the charts. And Steffen Schmidt was kicking back with friends, barbecuing and drinking beer at a neighbor’s farm in Iowa, when the group noticed a small band of cyclists turning off… |
2016-02-01 | |
| Nominations needed for faculty citizenship award | 2016-01-27 | ||
| Community event will address money in politics | “Money in Politics” will be the subject of a free program and community discussion offered by the League of Women Voters of Bellingham and Whatcom County this week. |
2016-01-21 | |
| Lack of Bellingham consensus likely tipped jail vote | A variety of factors, including a lack of consensus on how to pay for and build a new Whatcom County Jail, likely played into the voters’ decision to turn down a jail sales tax measure on Nov. 3. “You know, it wasn’t just a one-sided tether, it was a multitude of constituencies that had… |
2015-11-20 |