Articles about Election – Page 2 of 3

Guest post: In a divided nation, partnerships between cities can promote unity and prosperity

To Mayor Murray and Director Chris Gregorich, of Seattle’s Office of Intergovernmental Relations: Since 1957, our city has built sister… Read More

Donald Trump’s team offers transition details (and jobs) on GreatAgain.gov

President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team is now part of the government, at least online, in the form of a GreatAgain.gov… Read More

How President Trump will change science policy, starting with climate issues

Donald Trump’s surprise victory in the presidential election opens the way for a profound reversal in environmental policies, even as… Read More

With support from the tech industry, Seattle’s $54B transit plan speeds toward approval

Seattle-area tech titans like Microsoft, Amazon, and Expedia want to see the region’s transportation infrastructure double over the next 25 years.… Read More

Why some (but not all) polls got it wrong

It may look as if pollsters got the presidential election horribly wrong, considering that Hillary Clinton had been favored over… Read More

Tech industry tries to cope with the reality of a Trump presidency

Grief. Despair. Anger. Disbelief. Determination. And a little bit of hope. Those were some of the emotions expressed by leaders… Read More

Here’s what tech luminaries are saying about election day on Twitter

When it comes to political theater, the tech community isn’t always center-stage. Often tech leaders prefer to quietly exercise political… Read More

‘Alexa, who’s winning the presidential race?’ Amazon Echo gets real-time election updates

It’s going to be a long day, folks. If you don’t want to follow along on Twitter or tune into the… Read More

Live blog: Track the triumphs and tribulations of Election Day tech

What’s working and what’s failing on Election Day? Who’s getting it right, and who’s doing it wrong? When will we… Read More

How to follow Election Day: Eight tips for tracking real-time data and commentary

Are you ready? We’re less than 24 hours until Election Day and finding out who will become America’s 45th president:… Read More

GeekWire poll: Are you casting your ballot for Clinton or Trump?

Well, folks, the time has finally come. After a truly bizarre presidential race — one driven more by personality than… Read More

Election hacking hype: A reality check from an information security specialist

Editor’s Note: Corey Nachreiner, CTO at WatchGuard Technologies, is a regular GeekWire contributor. Over the past several years, hacking and… Read More

PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel defends Donald Trump as an outsider needed to counteract America’s ‘decline’

Billionaire tech investor and PayPal founder Peter Thiel has been making headlines since May with his ardent and vocal support of… Read More

Microsoft’s Windows CE powers some U.S. touch-screen voting systems, causing concern among security experts

It has been nearly 20 years since Bill Gates jumped on the stage at the COMDEX trade show and introduced… Read More

How state election officials guard against rigging (or hacking) the vote

It’s finally come to this: Ballots for the general election are in the mail, and within days, Washington state voters… Read More

Clinton or Trump? Here are Microsoft Bing’s data-driven election predictions

Microsoft Bing is out with its election predictions again this year with a few new features that detail campaign spending… Read More

Russians attacking U.S. election systems? Here’s the real risk, from a man who fought Soviet electronic attacks in the Cold War

With U.S. officials openly blaming Russia for hacker attacks on state election computer systems, and the myriad possibilities for election… Read More

Clinton or Trump? Yes, the kids are paying attention, and here’s what they think

At Sunday night’s presidential debate in St. Louis, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton sparred over a number of hot-button issues.… Read More

Hillary Clinton’s top digital strategist talks Trump, Twitter and tech tools for voter targeting

So what’s one of the high-tech secret tools being wielded by the Hillary Clinton campaign to persuade voters to pick… Read More

Q&A: Why Gov. Jay Inslee believes the technology industry should be on his side

When it comes to innovation, Gov. Jay Inslee is asking Washington voters to help him finish what he started. Related:… Read More

Stephen Hawking in "Into the Universe" on Discovery Channel

Stephen Hawking and 374 other scientists speak up for climate pact (and against Donald Trump)

An open letter from 375 scientists is voicing concern about GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump’s views on climate change – and… Read More

Libertarian Gary Johnson fills out the foursome for Science Debate’s policy quiz

Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson may not be on stage for this year’s televised presidential debates, but he is getting his say… Read More

Trump vs. Clinton vs. Stein: Climate policy differences show up on Science Debate

If you think something absolutely has to be done about climate change and other environmental worries, Donald Trump isn’t the… Read More

Q&A: Washington state gubernatorial candidate Bill Bryant on CS education, tech jobs, and trade

(Updated at 11:45 a.m. to clarify and add comments from Gov. Inslee’s campaign). Bill Bryant says he has a plan… Read More

Why this Seattle tech worker is leaving her job to work for the Clinton campaign in Wisconsin

Sasha Pasulka has never worked on a political campaign. For the past four years, she’s held product marketing leadership roles… Read More

Do presidential candidates love science? ScienceDebate.org quiz aims to find out

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton says she loves science. GOP candidate Donald Trump says he loves NASA. The Green Party… Read More

Donald Trump disses America’s space program; what would Hillary Clinton do?

GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump has been going through a series of reversals this week, and today’s highlights include the… Read More

Neither Trump nor Clinton is addressing the biggest challenge to jobs: automation

Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are both promising to bring good-paying jobs back to America, but analysts say neither… Read More

‘I believe in science’: Hillary Clinton wows geeks with Democratic convention speech

Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention tonight may not have been rated as highly as… Read More

Donald Trump will host a Reddit AMA during Obama’s DNC speech

Donald Trump is not shy about using social media. The Republican nominee’s Twitter feed is constantly making headlines, both for… Read More