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• Voter registration restrictions that give New York one of the lowest rates of election turnout in the nation, prohibiting same - day registration an mail - in voting.

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Delegate - rich Florida, the third - largest prize on the map and the biggest treasure trove of all the battlegrounds, saw a massive increase in voter turnout for the 2016 election in comparison with 2012.

That's important for any election, but especially for this one, in which a strong turnout among people of color — especially African - Americans and Hispanics — is expected to be vital to Democrat Hillary Clinton's chances of winning.

Reports are that turnout in Kettering, Northamptonshire is around 76 %, compared to 67 % during the general election last year.

Post-election, I sent out an email to all of our subscribers and talked about my deep disappointments in the election turnout and what our plans are: to go to the red states and set up pop - ups there, talk to the other side and extend an olive branch.

Voter turnout was at least double than originally expected during the municipal election that swept him into office in October 2010.

Mobile voting has been near and dear to Tusk's heart for some time and he has recently been promoting one company as a potential solution to the challenge of the lack of participation, particularly when it comes to local elections where turnout is often in the range of 10 to 15 percent.

TORONTO — For the first time in more than two decades, voter turnout increased in Ontario compared to the previous provincial election.

President Vladimir Putin's real challenge in Sunday's presidential election is not winning the race, but getting enough turnout to show the world his victory is legitimate.

Low voter turnout, 34 %, in the 2012 general election suggests that many voters in the constituency are undeclared or unidentified by the parties.

Voter turnout ranged from a low of 20.4 % in the 2000 Red Deer - North by - election, held to replace PC MLA Stockwell Day who resigned to run for the leadership of the Canadian Alliance, to 45.5 % in the 1996 Redwater by - election, held to replace Liberal MLA Nick Taylor who had been appointed to the Canadian Senate.

The 2008 election saw the lowest voter turnout in Alberta's history, with only 41 percent of eligible voters casting a ballot (CBC.ca, 2008).

Turnout in the two - month postal vote was 79.5 per cent, higher than the 2016 referendum on the UK's EU membership and the most recent US election.

In 1962, elections in North Korea achieved the democratic dream of a 100 % turnout, with each victorious candidates — they were limited to one per constituency — attaining a 100 % mandatIn 1962, elections in North Korea achieved the democratic dream of a 100 % turnout, with each victorious candidates — they were limited to one per constituency — attaining a 100 % mandatin North Korea achieved the democratic dream of a 100 % turnout, with each victorious candidates — they were limited to one per constituency — attaining a 100 % mandate.

I'm also so proud of the amazing voter turnout in this election.

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

The Post noted an interesting point in an article that also has a lot of details about election - eve operations — because of the time required to set up a significant turnout effort, the Republicans haven't had time to roll one out in congressional districts that have suddenly become vulnerable in the last few weeks.

An example may be the 2016 US Presidential Election in which Clinton consistently polled above Trump, thus Clinton supporters assume that it's a sure - win for her, resulting in a low turnout rate for Clinton1.

Low turnouts in elections at all levels seemed to indicate, at best, apathy and, at worst, rejection of the main political parties.

But the most important lesson for those of us on the trailis that the primaries process itself has been hugely energising for Americans, a country with even worse turnout than Britain in recent elections.

Second, we have assumed that within each local authority the variation in turnout between different demographic groups will be the same as that which pertained in last year's general election across the country as a whole (as measured by the British Election Study, a major academic high quality survey of how people voted in last year's general elelection across the country as a whole (as measured by the British Election Study, a major academic high quality survey of how people voted in last year's general elElection Study, a major academic high quality survey of how people voted in last year's general electionelection).

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.

Democrats expect to do well this cycle given the turnout in presidential election years has historically given them more seats in the Senate.

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

«When you have an off - year election, and it's an off - year election where you don't have the County Executive's race on the ballot in Erie County, turnout is always a challenge,» said Republican Analyst Vic Martucci.

The low turnout means that UR actually received 4 million fewer votes in 2016 than in 2011, despite capturing a far greater share of Duma seats in the latest elections.

People needing to be voted in at all different levels, leading to lower voter turnout for non-presidential elections

US turnout is overall rather lower than in Britain: the record is in the low to mid-60s for Presidential elections, which is not much higher than the British low - point of 58 % in 2001.

It generated the highest turnout in a UK election in a quarter of a century.

That Paladino defeated Lazio in the primary was something of a surprise, but like the general election against Cuomo he managed to get high turnout in western New York.

Anyone who follows politics will tell you voter turnout in a primary election is typically low, but Thursday's 7.5 percent voter turnout in the Buffalo - area was among the lowest in recent memory.

Voter turnout rates have been consistently over 70 percent in major elections.

Turnout in the election was 54.7 % (compared with 62.3 % in 2007).

But microtargeting has the potential to help with more than just the last - minute turnout frenzy, since campaigns can use consumer information databases to zero - in on and recruit supporters long before the actual election.

Despite some Republican party activists asserting this is the most important presidential election since George Washington was elected (no, really), voter turnout in several cases was lower than in the 2008 Republican Primary.

It's a position that could play well in a low - turnout Republican primary, but potentially cause serious headaches in a general election match - up in an overwhelmingly blue state.

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.

And as we've seen in lower - turnout elections through the entire 2010 cycle, both special elections and primaries, national money can make a decisive difference: Lisa Murkowski and Mike Castle may be the latest victims, but Scott Brown's win back in January had already shown the way.

Although turnout was high, the 2012 national election was special, both in marking 10 years since independence and the country's first nationally run election.

In spite of its considerable (and increasing) powers under the Treaties, the Parliament has since the first election faced decreasing turnouts.

Only two things could change the outcome, he suggests: if turnout rises towards general election levels (unlikely, in my view) and if the message received by voters, particularly women and professionals, changes.

One of the big questions in the run - up to the 2012 Presidential Election was what the turnout would be.

McAuliffe and Cuccinelli's particular fight will be over in two months, but 2014 looks right now to be a similar struggle, i.e. more like a typical low - turnout mid-term than 2010's wave election.

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.

Reports suggest that Romney, Ryan, and key people around them remained confident of victory to the very end, seeing that they were «hitting their numbers» in many districts — only to realize as Election Night unfolded that turnout would exceed their expectations in most swing states, raising the bar for victory and leaving them in the unenviable position of having achieved their tactical goals but lost the strategic battle nonetheless.

The fact that our analysis consistently shows that the error is lower in elections with a high turnout and at the same a huge volume of comments, points in the same direction.

Other examples from observers and social media included ballot boxes being stuffed with extra ballots in multiple regions; an election official assaulting an observer; CCTV cameras obscured by flags or nets from watching ballot boxes; discrepancies in ballot numbers; last - minute voter registration changes likely designed to boost turnout; and a huge pro-Putin sign in one polling station.

He added that he «doesn't think turnout was much different than in other elections.»

There are reasons to believe that youth turnout will finally increase in this general election.

Scottish youth turnout in the 2015 general election was higher than in other parts of the UK.