Video: What last night's election results mean

Robert Mak

Robert Mak Jul 9, 2025

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>Video: What last night's election results mean</h1>
                <h2><p>Even as voters elsewhere hesitate about taxes, the election showed Seattle voters willing to tax themselves for a big transportation package.

And yet, state voters appear to have handily passed a new Tim Eyman measure to require a two-thirds majority for legislative approval of tax hikes. What message were voters</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/rmak-seattletopstory-com/">Robert Mak</a></p> 
              <p><time datetime="2025-02-04T05:00:00-08:00">Feb 6, 2018</time></p>
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            <p>Even as voters elsewhere hesitate about taxes, the election showed Seattle voters willing to tax themselves for a big transportation package.</p><p>And yet, state voters appear to have handily passed a new Tim Eyman measure to require a two-thirds majority for legislative approval of tax hikes. What message were voters sending?</p><p>We consider that in this election wrap-up of ballot measures and candidates with Crosscut's Knute Berger, Crosscut city reporter David Kroman and Washington Policy Center's Paul Guppy.</p><p>--</p><figure class="kg-card kg-embed-card"><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="375" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/144616547" width="500"></iframe></figure>
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Even as voters elsewhere hesitate about taxes, the election showed Seattle voters willing to tax themselves for a big transportation package.

And yet, state voters appear to have handily passed a new Tim Eyman measure to require a two-thirds majority for legislative approval of tax hikes. What message were voters sending?

We consider that in this election wrap-up of ballot measures and candidates with Crosscut's Knute Berger, Crosscut city reporter David Kroman and Washington Policy Center's Paul Guppy.

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By Robert Mak

Robert Mak is a principal of Seattletopstory.com and a longtime broadcast reporter in Western Washington.