Sentences with phrase «high voter participation»

Independent Belize is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations and a parliamentary democracy with a proud record of high voter participation and free and fair elections.

Not exact matches

We put such a high value on the right to democratic participation that we forbid voters from making tradeoffs of this kind, from weighing how much they value their ability to vote against how much they value some quantity of money.

Blair Horner, NYPIRG Executive Director said: «New York's voter participation rates are anemic, even in high profile, contested elections.

Whilst this might constitute a relatively high level of participation by recent standards, it does still mean that 28 % of registered voters did not bother to have their say in what, we were frequently told, was the most important national decision in our lifetimes.

In the ongoing fight between Democrats and Republicans over election procedures like voter ID and early voting, the Democrats are supposedly the champions of higher turnout and reducing barriers to participation.

Were the election to draw an electorate more traditionally aligned to the Democratic Party — with higher participation from the African American and Latino community and more support from younger voters and single mothers — the results may have been different but not assured.

Between a rigorous, yearlong course and the excitement of the Judicially Speaking program, Colorado's civic education program may contribute to a youth voter participation rate20 and youth volunteerism rate which is slightly higher than the national average.21

This presidential election will likely see the highest level of Latino voter participation in history, with some estimates projecting millions more Latinos voting in 2016 compared to 2012.