A Blunt Stakeholder Analysis on Initiative 1631 and How It Failed at the Ballot

Abstract

After researching and interviewing four stakeholders on initiative 1631, three main reasons continued to come up explaining why initiative 1631 failed: 1) funding from the opponents, 2) the initiative’s approach to build support from minority communities by building multiple coalitions from the start, the approach it took with voters and its’ approach on the policy draft and 3) the initiative’s nonbipartisan approach. This study discusses the opponents’ general critique and provides the proponent’s answers. The research recommends a short-term and long-term approach on how to move forward with environmental initiatives to address climate change: education and environmental jobs.