Election turnouts for these levels of local government are lower than those for national elections and have been decreasing steadily since independence.
Not exact matches
The county experienced a higher
turnout than it did
for Gov. Scott Walker's high - profile recall
election.
Delegate - rich Florida, the third - largest prize on the map and the biggest treasure trove of all the battlegrounds, saw a massive increase in voter
turnout for the 2016
election in comparison with 2012.
That's important
for any
election, but especially
for this one, in which a strong
turnout among people of color — especially African - Americans and Hispanics — is expected to be vital to Democrat Hillary Clinton's chances of winning.
Republicans aren't taking the congressional seat
for granted, given the typically low
turnout for special
elections.
Mobile voting has been near and dear to Tusk's heart
for some time and he has recently been promoting one company as a potential solution to the challenge of the lack of participation, particularly when it comes to local
elections where
turnout is often in the range of 10 to 15 percent.
TORONTO —
For the first time in more than two decades, voter
turnout increased in Ontario compared to the previous provincial
election.
Voter
turnout ranged from a low of 20.4 % in the 2000 Red Deer - North by -
election, held to replace PC MLA Stockwell Day who resigned to run
for the leadership of the Canadian Alliance, to 45.5 % in the 1996 Redwater by -
election, held to replace Liberal MLA Nick Taylor who had been appointed to the Canadian Senate.
For instance, during the 2005
election campaign we found between 58 % and 62 % of voters said they were certain to vote, and actual
turnout was 61 %.
Turnout is important to politicians
for two reasons, the most obvious being that it determines
election outcomes.
For instance, how many California ballot initiatives have been «bought» by some concentrated wealthy interest that spent tons of money to swing a low -
turnout election?
There are two tough position
for the TEAPubs to have hung around their neck going into a round of
elections where interest /
turnout will be high — Champion
for child molestors and blockers of a vote on limiting legislator income and the size of donations (bribes)!
An example may be the 2016 US Presidential
Election in which Clinton consistently polled above Trump, thus Clinton supporters assume that it's a sure - win
for her, resulting in a low
turnout rate
for Clinton1.
But the most important lesson
for those of us on the trailis that the primaries process itself has been hugely energising
for Americans, a country with even worse
turnout than Britain in recent
elections.
But Hague will argue that
turnout for European
elections is falling despite the gradual increase in the powers of EU laws.
People needing to be voted in at all different levels, leading to lower voter
turnout for non-presidential
elections
Turnout could be far lower than it should be
for a general
election as important as this.
US
turnout is overall rather lower than in Britain: the record is in the low to mid-60s
for Presidential
elections, which is not much higher than the British low - point of 58 % in 2001.
Unlike television commercials, online outreach and online mobilization can be targeted with great precision, making them (as I've argued before) a perfect match
for a low -
turnout election, particularly when run by the heirs of a team with a track record of knowing how to use them.
Fundamentally, this
election is a giant
turnout operation
for the Conservatives.
Reports suggest that Romney, Ryan, and key people around them remained confident of victory to the very end, seeing that they were «hitting their numbers» in many districts — only to realize as
Election Night unfolded that
turnout would exceed their expectations in most swing states, raising the bar
for victory and leaving them in the unenviable position of having achieved their tactical goals but lost the strategic battle nonetheless.
The trajectory of
turnout for earlier
elections suggested that increasing numbers of Georgians were not bothering to vote, because they saw no point.
This is debatable, but this
turnout is clearly smaller than the
turnout for the recent presidential
elections (> 54 %).
«It depends on the documents, but if as I believe the agreement between John Haggerty and the Independence Party gave Haggerty the discretion to spend that money and achieve the goal... people don't remember how important white
turnout was in the outer boroughs in a very, very narrow
election win
for Mike Bloomberg.
While by -
elections are often used as protest votes against governments and have lower than usual
turnouts, this parliamentary contest has a whole number of potentially significant ramifications
for British politics.
It has been shown to boost voter
turnout and provide a crucial alternative
for voters who can't afford a long wait or can't make it to the polls on
Election Day.
The union is trying to repeat that performance in the 107th District, where local members account
for almost 5 percent of the registered vote — a large voting bloc
for an
election where
turnout will likely be less than 20 percent of the electorate.
For politicians and campaign operatives across the state, that race was a close - to - home indicator of what could happen in a special
election, where
turnout is abysmally low and a gap in enthusiasm among voters could make all the difference when the votes are tallied.
Cuomo said he will push
for a November ballot referendum, even after expressing concern that the lack of a statewide
election could skew the
turnout, with scores of city voters casting mayoral ballots.
On
turnout, as with a primary, special
elections tend to bring out a more involved subset of voters, clouding any apples - to - apples prediction
for the next general
election.
And could the sudden
turnout of the normally non-voting people drastically change,
for example, the outcome of presidential
elections?
The problem
for the parties, particularly the Conservatives, is that
turnout is much higher among older people, particularly in mid-term
elections like the county council
elections, but in the long - term there is no future in resisting the liberal tide.
For the good of the Whig party in national
elections, it makes sense to get a high
turnout from that Whig district.
The
turnout improvements in the above studies resemble our own internal research at VoterCircle which has shown 5 - 10 point
turnout bumps
for general
elections and 10 - 20 points
for off - cycle and / or down - ballot races.
A simultaneous Democratic primary
for county clerk between Assemblyman Michael Kearns and Janique Curry may serve as a «proxy
election» that could increase
turnout and aid each mayoral candidate in his home turf.
This allows New York to redeem itself from the ignominious status of place dead last in
turnout nationwide this year and in the nation with fewer voters going to the polls than in any midterm
election for at least three decades.
Efforts to bring out the vote
for a referendum on a state constitutional convention are likely to spike the normally low
turnout on
Election Day and affect Long Island's closest races.
Every metric shows that we are poised
for a great
election cycle, and with extremist Donald Trump as the Republican standard - bearer, we expect record Democratic
turnout in competitive races throughout New York State.»
Labor can provide important organizational support
for what could easily be an extremely low
turnout election.
Though several Central Brooklyn
election districts reported modest
turnout, some voters in Borough Park reported
turnout was high
for Tuesday's midterm
elections.
Since the 2015 general
election the situation has been transformed — the high
turnout and shift to the left within this month's membership votes
for the NEC plainly show that.
Republican analyst Vic Martucci said candidates were helped by higher than expected
turnout for an off - year
election.
The memo cites enthusiasm from the kind of voters who show up on what is expected to be the lowest
turnout election day in this busy year of mega-voting: «We're winning voters who say they voted
for Donald Trump by a 2 - 1 margin, and these are likely to be the most excited voters on
election day.»
The first Police and Crime Commissioner
elections in 2012 are infamous
for their abysmally low
turnout and the second batch last week thankfully saw some improvement.
«The mayor and I were able to advocate together
for universal pre-kindergarten but
election reforms weren't on that list... I think that when we have so few people engaged in voting and such low
turnout, people need to put good government on the same plane as things like universal pre-kindergarten.»
But there are signs of a decline: in the 2003 polls, when Malta's EU membership was confirmed by referendum, the
turnout was 95.7 %
for the general
election and 91 %
for the referendum.
Russian propagandists are already said to be working on a «sour grapes» campaign to claim the nomination was «stolen» from Nixon, and to try to depress
turnout among Democratic voters in the general
election for Governor.
For those rightly worried about the constant drop in
turnout at general
elections, comfort can be gained from the fact that this is not necessarily a new phenomenon as the
turnout in Lambeth in 1918 was a mere 29.7 per cent.
Last month, with
Election Day around the corner, that seemed to change as de Blasio renewed his call
for a system that will encourage voting in a state with one of the lowest voter
turnout rates in the country.
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Turnout data is just in - 52 per cent, which is very impressive indeed
for a by -
election.