Sentences with phrase «larger vote turnout»

The three caucuses — New Action, MORE, and Unity made a larger vote turnout a priority.

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Another mistake pollsters made was to assume an electorate that looked more like the one that voted in 2004 and less like 2008, which had larger - than - usual minority and youth turnout.

The 4 - 0 vote came despite a large turnout of residents opposed to the plan.

«With his limited resources, and he has limited resources, he's going to focus on trying to get the city vote out and make it a larger percentage of the overall turnout,» said Martucci.

The union is trying to repeat that performance in the 107th District, where local members account for almost 5 percent of the registered vote — a large voting bloc for an election where turnout will likely be less than 20 percent of the electorate.

It's not particularly surprising to see that seniors made up a disproportionate share of the turnout last year, as they historically represent a large share of the vote in low turnout elections, such as primary and special elections.

On Tuesday morning - Election Day - in Manhattan's Foley Square, a large group of New Yorkers will hold a rally, kicking off a campaign to address two of New York's enduring problems: voting access and voter turnout.

We will have a large turnout this year because the Rump has inspired many folks to come out and vote against his bigotry and nonsense.

Might be a large turnout this year as citizens vote against whoever they can't stand the most, but in NY that won't help Trump and the GOP.

Reformers say too many votes are effectively wasted in safe seats where either Labour or Conservatives have large, in - built majorities, and this depresses turnout.

Electorally, Thompson's chances seem grim: He's down by sixteen points; an expected low turnout puts Thompson at a deeper disadvantage by making it more costly to draw out votes, say political analysts; Bloomberg is readying what the campaign promises to be the «largest get - out - the - vote operation in the history of municipal politics»; and the mayor's also cut into Thompson's potential labor support, depriving him of ground troops.

But elections commissioners are not anticipating a large turnout, although they always remain hopeful more people will exercise their right to vote.

The youth vote famously played a large role in Barack Obama's victory in 2008, but one of the big questions of this year's election is how young voter turnout will compare with that of the previous election.

More important, Langworthy said, is that those chairs represent about 75 percent of the weighted vote statewide because they are from the largest counties with the highest Republican voter turnout.

The abysmal voter turnout in New York is a large part of the reason why Schneiderman introduced the New York Votes Act in the first place.

Compared to typical get - out - the - vote activities, having a failing school in the neighborhood had a smaller effect on turnout than face - to - face contact, but a noticeably larger effect than campaign phone calls and mailers.