Sentences with phrase «as voter turnout»

Such neighborhood governments would increase residents» engagement in budgeting and decision - making as well as voter turnout Hawkins said Tuesday.

Clinton, after all, outpaced Trump in Philadelphia and the surrounding suburban counties by a greater than 2 - to - 1 margin, even as voter turnout dropped in the strongly Democratic city itself.

Not exact matches

-- «Goodbye, neighborhood polling places — 5 counties switch to mega-vote centers,» by CALmatters» Rhonda Lyons: «This election season five California counties are doing away with hundreds of neighborhood polling places and replacing them with fewer «one - stop vote centers» — an experiment sold by Democrats as a way to save money and boost anemic voter turnout from the last midterm elections.»

And as election day closes in, most campaigns will switch the emphasis of their online advertising to driving voter turnout.

As news coverage switched to the turnout battle in the last weeks of the elections, many stories discussed the Republicans» voter - mobilization machine and the Democrats» efforts to match it.

In theory, a constitutional amendment could pass with a small minority, if voter turnout and concern was very low, just as in theory, you could win 500 million dollars in the next lottery.

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.

And just as the campaign would use new media tools to encourage voter turnout and other action in the real world, they built their list of online activists in part at physical events:

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

I'm looking for a full sortable list of the results, for every constituency, ideally with as much information as possible: Turnout, # eligible voters, votes for each candidate (both # and %), winning majority (both # and %), etc..

When Evangelos Venizelos was elected as Pasok's new leader last Sunday (18 March) the turnout was higher than expected but it was the older voters, the over 40 year olds, who turned out, much more than younger voters.

As I wrote before the election, speaking with Americans gave me the impression that voter turnout could put Trump in the White House; it seemed that an increase in white, working class Republican votes together with a decrease in Democrat voters from parts of President Obama's support base could tip the result Trump's way.

The Central Regional Director of the NCCE, Nicolas Ofori Boateng who made the observation, said the situation had influenced voter turnout at district level elections over the past years, as the electorates had lost confidence or felt betrayed by the assembly members.

An optimist might see one - third of enrolled voters from each party showed up at the polls — roughly the same as 2008 level — as a solid showing in a state with poor turnout in some years.

Israel's prime minister has made a last - ditch attempt to rally his supporters as the country went to the polls, with an incendiary warning that a high turnout of Israeli Arab voters could threaten his party's hold on power.

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.

But they added targeted communication on the issue with white suburban swing voters, who strategists say support measures such as expanded background checks, could help drive turnout with that segment of the electorate.

However, my colleague expressed his suspicion that certain politicians do not want the turnout to be higher, because that would mean that their percentage of the vote would go down as the voters that do not show now are more inclined to vote for their rivals.

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

As a supporter of proportional representation, I think that the surest way to increase voter turnout is to increase the value of each vote.

As state Republican Chairman Ed Cox says, Boehner's team is heavily invested in making New York competitive through an extensive GOTV effort that features phone banks and microtargeting of likely voters in order to maximize turnout.

For nonprofit organizations specializing in voting reform, such as Vote.org, making voting more convenient and accessible is necessary for increased voter turnout.

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

As is common at by - elections, voter turnout declined significantly from the previous general election to 34 %.

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.

«The reason I think it's important that everyone votes is because when you have an unequal voter turnout between demographic groups like we have now — people over 65 are almost twice as likely to vote as 18 - 24 year olds - then politicians look after the people that have elected them or the people that might elect them in the future.

The campaign also amassed a central list of roughly one million cell numbers and used SMS text messages to promote voter turnout as well as to make campaign announcements such as Joe Biden's selection as Vice President.

Parliament had gone down in voters» expectations steadily since before Blair came to power, as a quick glance at turnout figures will tell you.

«New York ranks consistently as one of the nation's worst in terms of voter participation, driven by state laws that create obstacles to voting,» said Megan Ahearn, program director for the New York Public Interest Research Group, «Much of the rest of the nation has developed practices that improve voter turnout.

And as for the results — while the numbers on turnout of voters are generally tallied three times during the day, the figures on who voters cast their ballots for don't get looked at until the polls close.

While the speakers railed against Trump, they also stressed the need for a large voter turnout on Tuesday to support not just Clinton but down - ballot office seekers such as those running for Congress or the state Senate.

Not worthy of an answer as it's speculation, but the Trump vs Clinton campaign ended up polarizing the Republican voters heavily ensuring a strong turnout.

He's discussing Operation Traveller Vote, a project launched by The Traveller Movement and supported by the Electoral Commission as part of its efforts to boost voter turnout within minority groups.

Even if he throws his support to Rivera, as long as Padernacht's name still is available for voters to select, it's possible he could be a spoiler — particularly in a low - turnout race that could be decided by just a few thousand, or even hundred, votes.

«The potential of a tool like this to help boost participation is enormous - in the Netherlands, 1 - in - 3 voters used Vote Match's sister site «Stemwijzer» in the last Parliamentary elections and is seen as a trusted tool that can help boost turnout.»

According to him, the ruling party will witness a drastic reduction of voter turnout in the Ashanti Region, as well as in the Eastern Region which might influence their victory.

Newsmen revealed that the recall process witnessed a low turnout as only 5.34 percent of the 351,146 registered voters in the Kogi west senatorial district appeared.

The New York State presidential primary had extremely low turnout, as did last week's congressional primary, with 7 percent of registered Republican voters going to the polls.

«The Town of Rosendale, year after year, has a substantial voter turnout, and we're getting to be known as a place where our citizens really show up.

Calls for Voter Reform: Voter turnout was low as usual for this week's elections, and on Tuesday, the «Vote Better NY» coalition, led by NYC Votes, the voter outreach arm of the city's Campaign Finance Board, along with other advocacy and good government organizations launched a petition drive to highlight the importance of election reform and call on lawmakers to pass legislation to modernize elections in New York.

Also hampering the voter turnout, as reported last week, polling stations in Rockland were reduced from 80 to 17.

County officials had regarded 2016 as the best opportunity to get a water fee passed on the ballot because of typically high Democratic voter turnout in presidential election years.

WASHINGTON, DC — In remarks made at a post-election event for members, Republican Liberty Caucus National Chairman Dave Nalle observed that «If you nominate a candidate who has a position to please every constituency you run the risk that voters will decide that this is the same thing as having a position to alienate every constituency and respond by not turning out to vote,» referring to the drop in Republican voter turnout since 2008.

Critics of the state's election system point to restrictions on party enrollment and the lack of early voting as some causes of New York's chronically low voter turnout.

When it all plays out, he will have returned to his original «sheepdog» or «Judas goat» role, a part that progressive Democratic presidential «challengers» always play: drive voter turnout for «history's second most enthusiastic capitalist party» (as Kevin Phillips once described the Democrats) and deliver his supporters dutifully to that party's Big Business - backed and imperialist nominee in the standard name of Lesser Evilism.

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

Democrats see it as a potential strategy for boosting voter turnout, particularly among younger voters who are more likely to support legalizing the drug.

The snap poll was also responsible for an unusually low turnout, as fly - in fly - out workers and travelling voters found themselves with little opportunity to arrange postal votes.

Some estimates have predicted the youth voter turnout to be as high as 72 % with Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn being credited with appealing to younger voters

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 %.