Sentences with phrase «about voter turnout»

They'll also talk about voter turnout, lobbying, campaign finance reform and much more.

Crabtree writes: «No more print - outs to take door to door or voter lists to review, just party workers keeping CCHQ [Conservative headquarters] updated in real time about voter turnout and key seat performances using dedicated BlackBerry - like devices.»

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Less than half the state's eligible voters bother to register, but Mormons almost always do, which gives them about a quarter of the likely turnout.»

Topics this time: Ben Tulchin, President, Tulchin Research, with insights about the California primary results and the impact of «top 2» on party politics, polling and voter turnout.

Ken Mehlman, chairman of the Republican National Committee and one of the principal architects of the GOP turnout apparatus nationwide, said a top - notch voter identification and turnout effort matters more in a congressional race than a presidential one because there is «much less of a public dialogue» about individual House contests.

Hence much of the changes that many Argentines credit the Kirchners for having brought about (such as family subsidies, higher employment levels and stronger purchasing power despite rising inflation, as well as access to services and products that the poor were suddenly able to access post-2001) are expected to yield wide turnout among Argentina's poorer classes, without the Frente para la Victoria having to worry about registering — and then turning out — those who might be considered marginal voters in the US.

The first, written last week with Peter Slevin, focuses on voter turnout operations in Iowa and opens with this nugget about the Obama campaign:

A couple of states have had higher turnout in the 2012 Republican Primaries than they had in 2008, but most have about the same or even less — not impressive, considering that this race is much more open and closely fought and that the number of registered voters has grown since last time.

Campaigns have also used search ads as a electoral turnout tool, connecting voters with information about their polling places or last - minute volunteer opportunities.

But conversation again centred around turnout and, convinced that the UKIP voters had defected en masse to the Tories, Phil spoke worriedly about having to write two speeches for the count: one each for victory and defeat.

Preliminary figures show that turnout was about 29 percent of registered county voters, nearly identical to 2013, when Mangano easily won his second term.

This group — amounting to 700,000 first time voters, who are thinking about using their vote, but probably more likely not to — would significantly close the turnout gap if they were to turn up.

Low voter turnout is both a cause of, and a contributor to, the destructive cynicism about how we govern ourselves.

Romney's campaign will be working along the same lines, as they too will be worried about turnout amongst traditional Republican base voters.

No matter the internal strife over Donald Trump's presidential bid, the intensely competitive Republican primary contest is bringing a booming number of voters to the polls — while Democratic turnout plunges, raising questions about whether these trends will last through November.

The first, written last week with Peter Slevin, focuses on voter turnout operations in Iowa and opens with this nugget about the Obama campaign: In Sen. Barack...

First and foremost, Republican and independent turnout was driven by the same thing that drove voters elsewhere in the country: discontent about the way things have been going in Washington.

While this sounds low for the party's absolute core vote, remember that turnout at the last election was 62 %, so if all that 13 % always vote (a dubious assumption in itself) we are talking about roughly a fifth of actual voters.

For Democratic activists in Saugerties, the worry is always about turnout of their voters in local elections.

Despite Astorino's attempts to rebut claims from Rechnitz, claiming he lied about the event, Latimer would go on to readily defeat the incumbent with the aid of increased Democratic voter turnout countywide.

A similar turnout next week would produce about 1,400 voters, aka, «the pool.»

«If anything it's about plus one in terms of voter turnout.»

The fact is that about 9 % of the GOP Nevada caucus turnout was Hispanic, and about 40 % of Hispanic voters went for Trump.

You've seen the massive turnout, turning out because the voters know they're frustrated and angry about the direction of our country under Barack Obama,» Collins said.

Baroness Chakrabarti also suggested that explanations for the Copeland by - election defeat could include Labour voters being less likely to have a car, low turnout, Brexit divisions, false claims about Corbyn's views on nuclear power and party disunity.

In Buffalo, meanwhile, the Erie County Democratic Party said one in four voters participating in the mayoral primary — about 25 percent turnout — was «pretty good.»

Asked about the traditionally poor turnout of voters in the heavily - minority Fillmore District, Mascia says voters are turned off by nothing being done and says he will run a get - out - the vote campaign for his issues on race, class and economic inequities.

The hardest part about the race has been explaining to voters what a district leader even is then increasing voter turnout in elections that usually don't have high numbers.

About 15 percent of eligible voters participated in the 2012 primary and Greenberg said he expects a similar turnout Tuesday.

Voter turnout was up — about 30 percent of Southampton Town voters came out, when usually only about 20 percent does in an off - year election, he said.

Our recent race between Andrew Cuomo (Democrat), Rob Astorino (Republican) and Howie Hawkins (Green) had the lowest turnout election watchers can remember — about 31 % of registered voters.

In certain City Council races, de Blasio has endorsed candidates for the primary, including a small flurry of support just a few days before voters head to the polls, in what could be a sign that the mayor and his allies are concerned about turnout.

As expected, voter turnout was light, with about 1,400 ballots cast, amounting to about 6 percent of Independence Party voters.

Turnout can be respectable in special Senate elections — in 2007, the last time there was on in Nassau, it was about a quarter — but it's difficult to imagine a scenario in which the decision over who gets to go to Albany inspires voters more than who gets to go to the Oval Office.

Fewer than 7 percent of eligible Nassau voters participated in the 2014 primary, and turnout fell to about 3 percent in last year's district attorney primary.

Two realistic steps the government can take to address low voter turnout are combining the next PCC elections with local government elections and providing funding so a booklet with election addresses from each PCC candidate along with information about the election itself is sent to every household in the relevant police area.

But that turnout was about on par with that of past primaries, and the reality is that regardless of party affiliation, only highly motivated partisan voters show up.

Approximately 32 percent of Kentuckians voted in the 2010 midterm primary.As of Monday, nearly 25,000 voters had voted in person on machines in county clerks» offices and approximately 12,000 mail - in absentee ballots were sent to voters who had requested them.According to current statistics, Grimes projects turnout for May 22 will be about par with the midterm elections of 2014 and 2010, when 26.8 percent and 32.2 percent of Kentuckians voted, respectively.

More important, Langworthy said, is that those chairs represent about 75 percent of the weighted vote statewide because they are from the largest counties with the highest Republican voter turnout.

On the debate about increased youth vote, some polling: YouGov also gives figures for the turnout among younger voters, finding that about 58 %

The race for donations is especially key in the constitutional convention campaign given that turnout will be low in an off - election year and polls have shown voters know little about Proposal 1.

On a day with low turnout, many voters who did show up at the polls said they had been moved to express their feelings about Mr. Cuomo.

Ultimately, «voter turnout is most impacted by voter interest, voter engagement and candidates that people care about.»

They worked to improve voter turnout in their county, wrote newsletters for the police department, and developed a Web site to educate people about the dangers of fire ants.»

Education World provides five lesson plans to help you drive home the importance of voting, teach about the process of creating laws, track election results and voter turnout, and teach students what it's like to make the tough decisions that elected officials make every day.

Make Classroom Connections to This Year's Elections Use these five activities to drive home the importance of voting, teach about the process of creating laws, track election results and voter turnout, and teach students what its like to make the tough decisions that elected officials make every day.

Concerns about political engagement and voter turnout among young people have long been recognised but not yet resolved: an estimated 44 per cent of 18 - 24 year olds voted in the 2010 general election, around 20 per cent lower than overall turnout.

Signed by Gov. Chris Christie last month after drawing bipartisan support, Greenwald's law allowed districts to move school board elections from April to November, with the stated goal of increasing voter turnouts from what are typically only about 15 percent of registered voters.

Because these are issues that educators in Seattle care deeply about, this article should help to increase voter turnout in the election — a prerequisite to a an engaged and activated membership, one of the primary objectives of ours in the campaign.

Anyone curious about why Stephen Harper's Conservatives seem so eager to please older voters need only consider the following data from Statistics Canada: In 2011, the voter turnout rate was about 50 per cent among people aged 18 to 24, a few percentage points higher among 25 - to 34 - year - olds, but leapt to 70 per cent for 45 - to 54 - year - olds, and crested at a remarkable 82 per cent among potential voters between 65 and 74.