A primary should attract
a higher number of voters than a caucus would.
The highest number of voters who turned out to vote in a referendum that was not held on the same day as another electoral contest was the 1,816,098 people who turned out to vote in the 2009 Lisbon Treaty (II) Referendum.
Ado town is yet to produce a governor since the creation of the state despite having
highest number of voters in the state.
This happened at the Post office polling station which is said to be the polling station with
the highest number of voters and also one of the strong holds of Mrs Ocloo.
It would require political parties with less than 10 % of the registered voters opting to participate in primaries to declare a winner based on a candidate winning
the highest number of voters, rather than a substantial plurality.
Hartsman says Montgomery county typically sees 10,000 provisional ballots cast, but he points to record
high numbers of voters.
The Post Office polling station is the largest with
the highest number of voters in the constituency and it is known to be a strong hold of the the other contestant in the primary, Linda Akwele Ocloo.
The highest number of voters any critics group has in its membership is fewer than 300.
Not exact matches
They want a change that is significant in relation to a
number of issues which are considered a
high - priority now by at least 60 percent, and perhaps more,
of Italian
voters.»
In some cases, the congressional districts were gerrymandered to pack
high numbers of Democratic
voters into just a few districts as a way to create a greater
number of Republican - leaning seats.
For the Republicans,
voters back the plan to provide sweeping tax cuts and credits to small businesses and a 46 percent approval rating
of the chamber where they hold a narrow 32 - 29 majority — an unusually
high number given the Legislature's historically awful reputation with New Yorkers.
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.
Indications
of such a trend have been identified by some in recent elections in the UK (Brexit) and the US (Trump):
voters disenchanted with globalised competition and fearing
of job or status loss are seen to have voted in particularly
high numbers for Brexit and Trump and against the established order.
That is, if
voters become more engaged with the second chamber and therefore turn out to vote for it in
higher numbers, then it seems likely that the chamber will become more assertive in the face
of the Commons.
The result
of this is a
high number of votes being «exhausted» (having no preferences left after the
voter's preferred candidate (s) have been eliminated) before the final count.
Remain will be expecting solid victories in Westminster, Ealing and Oxford, where
high numbers of graduates and younger
voters can surely be relied upon to back staying in the EU.
A couple
of states have had
higher turnout in the 2012 Republican Primaries than they had in 2008, but most have about the same or even less — not impressive, considering that this race is much more open and closely fought and that the
number of registered
voters has grown since last time.
The election provided surprises with Republicans and Democrats pointing to the
high number of undecided
voters in the closing days.
More subtly, for a
number of reasons (including to a greater or lesser extent, Brexit) Labour has generally been gaining votes from the young and those in
high social class jobs and areas which voted remain in 2016, while losing votes from older
voters, those in lower social class occupations and those who voted leave.
In numerical terms, the
highest ever actual
number of voters who turned out to vote in a referendum election was the 1,823,434 people who turned out to vote in the Citizenship Referendum in June 2004.
It is also strong with areas with
high numbers of UKIP and Labour
voters.
Turnout for the vote was 28 %,
higher than for the referendum in May that decided to create the new post
of mayor, but the
number of voters coming out varied greatly between the leafy suburbs and working class areas.
The poll commission noted long, slow queues in the first round and has arranged for more centres to serve areas with
high numbers of potential
voters.
Valdez spoke to
voters on a
number of topics her platform is advocating for, including stricter gun control following the
high school shooting in Santa Fe.
The
number of Onondaga County
voters who either filled out affidavit ballots or went before a judge to try to get their vote counted was
higher than normal for a presidential primary, said Czarny, although he noted that there are no historical
numbers from past presidential primaries to use as a comparison.
But gay marriage advocates point to
high poll
numbers in support for the issue, with one showing 58 percent
of voters believing same - sex marriage should be legalized.
One expert testified, for example, that in Washington the
number of voters crossing over from one party to another can rise to as
high as 25 percent, id., at 511, and another that only 25 to 33 percent
of all Washington
voters limit themselves to candidates
of one party throughout the ballot, App.
In the court's majority opinion, Kagan described the two - part analysis utilized by the
high court when plaintiffs allege racial gerrymandering as follows: «First, the plaintiff must prove that «race was the predominant factor motivating the legislature's decision to place a significant
number of voters within or without a particular district.»
However, the tally that will be used for the calculation, should this bill be signed into law, will be in the spring
of 2012, so the
number by then would probably be slightly
higher, as
voter registration continues to increase.
The
high number of undecided
voters, as seen in other polls, and a lackluster debate
of the Democratic candidates last month left some
of Murphy's old supporters who backed his 2016 U.S. Senate campaign to charter the poll in the hopes
of persuading him to run.
A source told one
of our correspondents that although there was no crisis within the APC in Sokoto State, Tinubu came to consult with the stalwarts on how to solve the crisis in the North - West, a zone with the
highest number of registered
voters.
Siena reports that 26 percent
of voters said they prefer the governor's program while 51 percent, the
highest number recorded in polling so far, support legalizing medical marijuana and 21 percent want to keep it illegal.
One
of the
highest numbers registered in the poll came when
voters were asked who should pay the mayor's legal bills for state and federal investigations
of his administration.
North Carolina has the nation's 3rd
highest petition requirement for independent candidates for the legislature, 4 %
of the
number of registered
voters.
The race to be the city's chief fiscal officer has, like the public advocate contest, been a sleepy one, with the incumbent Democrat holding major financial and other advantages, and heavily favored, as the
higher profile mayoral race has sucked up the attention
of most
of whatever small
number of voters is paying attention to the municipal elections.
But if that same party wants to have a legislative candidate on the ballot in November, the
number of voters within that legislative district to choose that party's primary ballot can be as
high as 130
voters, i.e., over twenty times as
high as the test for statewide candidates.
In particular, Ulster County, the location
of young and liberal
voters in places like New Paltz and Woodstock and the fourth -
highest source
of Sanders donors per registered Democrat, could produce
numbers favorable to the Vermont senator.
A recent Wall Street Journal / NBC poll showed 55 percent
of registered
voters think New York is headed in the wrong direction, the
highest number in more than 10 years.
At least in past presidential primaries, Democrats have shown up in
higher numbers than Republicans, according to a POLITICO New York review
of voter registration data.
A
number of high - powered government officials and private citizens are working to put the decision to
voters, though.
As if his job performance
numbers aren't
high enough, the latest Marist Poll shows that Governor Andrew Cuomo is in the process
of reshaping how Empire State
voters view the future
of New York.
The Legon electoral area holds the
highest number of registered
voters in the constituency and has been tipped by many pollsters as an important area in determining the ultimate winner
of the seat.
While all electoral systems have flaws and none can offer a «perfect» solution, having a
higher number of political parties allows for wider representation
of the community's views and could mean more
voters feel that their vote counts, which may help engage younger
voters.
Ononamadu said 139,342 Permanent
Voters Cards were still at various INEC council area offices, adding that the Enugu North and Enugu East council areas had the
highest number of uncollected PVCs.
The first
numbers released early in the early hours
of Friday morning in Scotland were turnout totals for two regions - 84 percent and 89 percent - suggesting that the
number of voters could hit a record
high.
But merely changing which candidate appeared
higher in the results still increased the
number of undecided Indian
voters who would vote for that candidate by 12 % or more compared with controls.
And in a
number of other states,
voters approved education - related ballot items, suggesting a
high level
of local support for public schools.
In a relatively short time, a stunning
number of accountability - based leaders have been forced from office on a tide
of voter resentment even while, as documented by historian Diane Ravitch, the likes
of Gates, Broad, and hedge fund billionaires continue their corporate - style push toward school closures, choice, data - driven student and teacher evaluation, and
high - tech innovation.
I will be judged by the
voters on the
number of high - performing schools in every neighborhood, not whether those schools are district or public charters.
We look forward to hitting the ground running with a
number of projects including
high school graduation to college success, English language learner programs, and school board candidate
voter information when we return in August.