Sentences with phrase «european election turnout»

Table 1 shows how European election turnout was affected by holding a local election on the same day.

Not exact matches

First we have assumed that turnout will overall be 60 %, but the variation in turnout between local authorities will mirror that in the 2014 European elections.

But Hague will argue that turnout for European elections is falling despite the gradual increase in the powers of EU laws.

Turnout can often be low, particularly when council elections are being held on their own instead of alongside European or general elections.

In 2004, as an accession country, Slovakia recorded the lowest turnout in the history of the European elections (just 17 % of eligible voters).

In the 2004 and 2009 European elections, voter turnout was much lower, coming in at 82.4 % and 78.8 % respectively — and it is projected to decline further in the 2014 election.

Turnout has fallen in every single European election since 1979 when direct voting was first introduced, standing at a miserable 43 % in 2009.

European elections are low turnout elections, so some of the errors may have been down to too strict turnout filters (ComRes used a very strict turnout filter for Euros and would probably have been better if they'd used the method they use for general election polling.

A «Get Out the Vote» randomised experiment in the 2009 European and Local Election; The Political Representation of Ethnic Minorities in the UK in Comparative Perspective; and Electoral Registration and Turnout in South Asian Communities in Great Britain.

Later this year both the European and local elections will take place, with the question of increasing voter turnout remaining a headache for politicians.

First, turnout is always much lower in European elections.

However, the comparison with the US voter turnout is hampered due to the fact that the US President is elected in separate and direct elections (presidential system), whereas the President of the European Commission is only approved by the European Parliament (parliamentary system), giving the European Parliament elections considerable weight.

Drivetime (RTE Radio 1): Discussion of recent opinion polls and voter turnout issues ahead of upcoming local and European elections (21st May 2014).

Low turnout has been a feature of direct elections to the European Parliament in Great Britain since they were introduced in 1979.

Noted: Holding European Parliament elections concurrently with local elections increases turnout and benefits... http://t.co/29xJzLyYDe

Holding European Parliament elections concurrently with local elections increases turnout & benefits certain parties http://t.co/06gxpdrDDH

Holding European Parliament elections concurrently with local elections increases turnout and benefits... http://t.co/WQOdw4Q3SF

Despite the fact that the European elections were the almost perfect second - order elections — with the coalition divided over Europe, European elections scheduled one year before general elections, and low turnout — and the two «UKIP MPs» were nothing more than rebranded Tory MPs, most of the British media and pundits enthusiastically bought into Nigel Farage's «Purple Revolution».

As most would expect, turnout tends to be higher for European elections when combined with local elections.

If there was any increase in the turnout for the European elections this time it came in the votes for fringe parties.

The turnout figure was being closely watched as a gauge of the legitimacy of the European parliament and elections since fewer voters have voted at every opportunity since 1979 when the EU average was 43 %.

The turnout was lower than hoped at 33 % and critics said the BNP's result was little different from the European elections in June, when it took 4.3 % in the Glasgow North East area.

The party has had success in local and European elections for which turnout is low but it it is relatively untested in bigger battles.