Sentences with phrase «driving voter turnout»

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

To drive voter turnout, the lawmaker has been spearheading «Super Saturday» efforts each weekend, keeping track of phone calls and door knocks, and hailing campaign volunteers who have chalked up the most voter contacts.

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.

In Indiana and Missouri, Mr. Mook said, the campaign will spend a total of $ 1 million to drive voter turnout, despite what he acknowledged was an «uphill battle» for Mrs. Clinton in two states that could determine control of the Senate.

Not exact matches

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.

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.

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.

The group is committed to increasing voter turnout among young people in a bid to drive up support for the Remain campaign ahead of the referendum on June 23.

The Hotline has two very hot documents from the Republican database - driven turnout machine, one describing their (apparently very successful) absentee ballot program in Michigan and the other listing sample voter contact numbers by state and district.

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.

«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.

But based on the results in the county's various municipalities, it certainly seems plausible that the results were driven by an increase in the number of suburban voters who cast their ballots for a Democrat rather than a surge in turnout among the solidly blue city voters.

A Realtor - backed ballot initiative expanding property tax loopholes for homeowners over 55 could drive turnout among Republican - leaning voters.

Indeed, both Cambridge Analytica and the Internet Research Agency developed strategies to drive up xenophobia and depress voter turnout amongst certain populations.

And really, by the 2004 election, they built what was by far the most sophisticated electoral effort at the time, driven by extensive micro-targeting, voter contact and turnout operation online.

I truly hope that the President pulls out ALL the stops for the 2014 election including using OFA to drive women & minority voter turnout into PRESIDENTIAL election levels.

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.

It clearly wasn't either Labour's attractiveness that pulled the disatisfied Tories away (since so many stayed at home in 1997, hence the nearly 6 % fall in turnout) nor was it the sleaze that initially drove blue voters away from the Tories.

In addition, several other political action committees are spending more than $ 4.4 million they raised on several advisory - only ballot proposals aimed at driving Democratic turnout, including a proposal asking voters if they support an increase in the minimum wage.

And this turnout for both parties should be driven by how motivated voters are by the presidential race much more than the mobilization efforts from Kaminsky and McGrath.

In most special elections turnout is low and nothing drives voters out like sending a message to DC or their party establishment.

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.