Sentences with phrase «do voter turnout»

What do voter turnout and teenage pregnancy rates have in common?

Not exact matches

Something happened in terms of the voter turnout that we did not anticipate or build into our model.

But the study found that cannabis ballot measures did increase the overall voter turnout in Colorado and Washington in 2012 (though not in Oregon, where the initiative did not pass).

Studies looking at 2012 voter turnout in Colorado, Oregon, and Washington have found that ballot measures legalizing marijuana did not drive younger voters to the polls.

Much in the same way that weather can affect voter turnout, cyber attacks could do the same.

-- «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.»

Do they think Jesus is somehow impressed by voter turnout?

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.»

Maybe a low voter turnout will reflect my same oppinion we just do nt have a candidate that will do us any good.

Read Scott Martin continues doing yeoman's work over at his political Ad of the Day site, and with Indiana and North Carolina in mind, take a look at how Obama's been pushing voter turnout.

And that's before accounting for some of the factors that the model doesn't consider: the disagreement in the polls, the unusual nature of Trump's candidacy and the demographic changes it is producing, Clinton's superior turnout operation, the possibility of «shy Trump» voters, the fact that the news cycle is still somewhat fluid headed into the final weekend, the declining response rates to polls, and the substantial number of high - profile polling misses around the world over the past few years.

Such numerical values allow pollsters to quantify expected voter turnout but they do not say why respondents are more or less likely to head to the polls.

The 2004 election cycle saw a dramatic rise in the number and size of nonprofit organizations that bought TV ads, organized voter turnout drives and conducted political «education» campaigns that were effectively working on behalf of (or against) one candidate or party, and because they used «soft money» in the process, their donors weren't limited in how much they could give and didn't fall under the strict disclosure rules required when trying to influence an election.

Unlike his main opponents Rev. Waterman does not seem to have much support outside the district, but when turnout is only 6000 voters, it is hard to predict what could happen.

Turnout is usually very low in even the hardest - fought special elections, in part because voters simply don't expect polls to be open in April.

Turnout is typically very low in even the hardest - fought special elections, in part because voters simply don't expect polling places to be open in April.

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.

Turnout and pulling his voters out will be «KEY» and like in the Primary they did a good job and they have the troops to do it.

A total of 81 % of voters didn't vote for Boris and 82 % didn't vote for Ken, due to a 38 % turnout.

McLaughlin said she can't think of anything her campaign would have done differently, but she was disheartened by the 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.

«I don't think anyone expected this kind of voter turnout,» said Zatz.

That's what a weak opponent and low voter turnout will do for an incumbent.

Rather than looking at self - reported levels of turnout in post-election surveys ComRes did regressions on actual levels of turnouts in constituencies by their demographic profiles, finding the usual patterns of higher turnout in seats with more middle class people and older people, lower turnout in seats with more C2DE voters and younger voters.

Weak election turnouts under the once - heralded single - member system in place now for almost 10 years demonstrate that a strong majority of voters don't much care who's running — or not running — for these offices.

They won't pass laws making it easier for people to vote, change political parties or file an absentee ballot without an excuse, because to do so might raise voter turnout — and the risk that they might lose.

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.

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.

Indeed, voter turnout of 38 percent in the town was considered unusually high for a year that didn't include Congressional or presidential elections.

New York state, which has the fourth most registered voters among states, historically does not have high voter turnouts, the Westchester Democrat said.

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.

Taking into account other explanations for voter turnout, leader visits do not boost turnout in constituencies visited.

I believe this is a change for the worse, and the complaint that «they're all the same» - that we're governed by an identikit political class - has much to do with the decline of the Conservative Party and the rise of UKIP, not to mention the fall in voter turnout.

His final point digs at Graham's ability to inspire Democratic voters to turnout in the fall, saying his group doesn't a Democrat with Graham's background fits that mold.

«When we did our voting rights report, «Mississippi on the Hudson,» we found that one of the most effective measures to removing barriers to voter turnout in New York is early voting.

There's a few things New York can do to improve voter turnout, for starters they could put the primary date and time clearly on their website.

In fact, I am pretty sure that if it did have an impact, Clinton would have been vilifying our media for affecting the voter turnout, rather than blasting the «Russians» for leaking their emails.

The Republicans typically do better in nonpresidential election years, but it remains to be seen whether progressive anger over Trump translates to higher Democratic voter turnout.

«If I am holding onto my constituencies and I only have 4 percent voter turnout, then I don't really have to pay attention to whether I'm improving school performance or not,» Professor Wong said.

The Thursday primary, which will undoubtedly drive voter turnouts to new lows, was at least done in respect to Tuesday, Sept. 11, a date that will forever live in infamy.

The BBC's Joanna Gosling spoke to voters with different views in Aberdeen where 41 % of the turnout opted for independence against 59 % who did not.

«Evidently, there seems to be low voter turnout; I do not know the cause of the apathy.

Could he have done something to increase turnout among Democratic voters, particularly in Onondaga County, where he won by 8 percentage points?

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Primary day across New York state has come and gone, and in Erie County it was marked by notably lackluster turnout, even on a day where voters don't show up in force at the polls.

The US Census published a report on voting in America last week that was the usual — the nation's voters don't go to the polls as often as they should and in some parts of the country, like New York, and for some age groups — mainly young voters — the turnout has been dreadful.

So, why do some states — like Mississippi, Minnesota, and Wisconsin (which had the highest voting rates)-- have higher voter turnout?

Compared to other states New York has low voter turnout rates and is one of a minority of states that still doesn't allow early voting.

He also cited the lack of voter turnout as a factor in the mayor winning a third term, saying, «I didn't cut the deal.

So why does the New York Votes Act tout automatic voter registration as the centerpiece of reform, rather than the single most impactful issue facing New York voters — the very issue that has the biggest effect on voter turnout?