Sentences with phrase «low voting turnouts»

In 2005, Ipsos MORI calculated that the voting power of those over 55 in the UK was worth over 4 times that of 18 - 34 year - olds, due both to the ageing of the electorate and to young people's very low voting turnouts.

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Voter turnout was low at 43 percent, however, although the regional government said 770,000 potential voters were not able to vote following the Spanish police's crackdown on voters and polling stations.

The vote returned an overwhelming result in favour of independence but turnout was low.

Small - business owners, with their strong voting records and firm intentions of hitting the polls in November, represent an untapped but potentially game - changing force in this presidential race, particularly if overall voter turnout comes in low.

Thursday's vote had a sharply lower turnout because of the opposition boycott.

The national white vote followed the pattern that Henry Olsen detected in certain coal counties where Romney «won higher margins than John McCain did, on substantially lower turnout.»

Teachout and Wu are hoping for a groundswell of support — and anger among the Democratic faithful that tend to vote in low - turnout primaries — to help them win on September 9.

As Malik and Howker argue, it would be too simplistic to believe that young people simply do not want to engage to explain the fact that their voting turnout is so low:

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

Given that low - income individuals are the most likely to not vote largely because they need to work - often being paid hourly and needing the money more desperately than others, and that low - income individuals are more likely to be Democrats than Republicans, why hasn't a democratic politician spearheaded this effort that could see increased turnout from their base?

But if 2014 IS relatively low - turnout, a small extra bump in numbers for one side or another can also make a big difference in the final vote percentages.

Given typical US voting participation rate (shy of 60 % even on high - turnout Presidential elections, never mind other lower turnout elections), finding such a person isn't hard.

Turnout fell by 20 % to a record low of 47 %, and the Five Stars increased their votes by six times in real terms.

Not voting is not unusual in the US where voter turnout is low compared with other OECD countries.

Off - year elections are typically low - turnout, which puts a premium on identifying supporters and getting them off their duffs and actually voting.

And while young people in general tend to vote at lower rates than the population as a whole, the signs are that student turnout in 2015 will be high.

While by - elections are often used as protest votes against governments and have lower than usual turnouts, this parliamentary contest has a whole number of potentially significant ramifications for British politics.

[1] She took the seat with 24,460 votes — a 50.4 % share and a majority of 8,126 on a marginally lower turnout than in 1992.

For politicians and campaign operatives across the state, that race was a close - to - home indicator of what could happen in a special election, where turnout is abysmally low and a gap in enthusiasm among voters could make all the difference when the votes are tallied.

A «Celtic yes vote» is more likely to overwhelm an «English no» if turnout in England is low - vindicating those like Lord Lamont who said there should be a 40 % threshold.

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.

But because the measure is a constitutional amendment, Florida law required that it get 60 percent of the vote — and that made it all the more challenging in a midterm election year, when turnout among younger voters is lower.

Legal challenges delayed the vote to replace Ms Sirleaf, and turnout was low.

Many of the 306 won't vote on 7th May — turnout at the last election was just over 65 per cent and the previous two were lower again.

Ironically were the Conservatives comeback to fail to fire at the local elections the SNP would find it harder to get their vote out come June 8 and a low turnout could actually see more of their seats fall to unionist parties.

This strategy was outstandingly effective, as the following table shows: turnout was higher in areas more likely to vote for Boris and lower in areas more likely to vote for Ken.

Efforts to bring out the vote for a referendum on a state constitutional convention are likely to spike the normally low turnout on Election Day and affect Long Island's closest races.

But the voting universe in a low - turnout summer primary might not reflect those demographics.

On a low turnout of 39.7 %, Benton increased the Labour Party majority again, taking 78.2 % of the vote.

The memo cites enthusiasm from the kind of voters who show up on what is expected to be the lowest turnout election day in this busy year of mega-voting: «We're winning voters who say they voted for Donald Trump by a 2 - 1 margin, and these are likely to be the most excited voters on election day.»

The low turnout was evident at de Blasio's Park Slope polling site, where he voted Tuesday morning.

They don't care if you can't vote, because low turnout is the only way Republicans can win elections.

Labor unions and left - leaning community groups hostile to Ms. Moskowitz — the types of organizations that specialize in pulling out the vote for low turnout primaries — would rush to Mr. de Blasio's defense.

«The mayor and I were able to advocate together for universal pre-kindergarten but election reforms weren't on that list... I think that when we have so few people engaged in voting and such low turnout, people need to put good government on the same plane as things like universal pre-kindergarten.»

With turnout so low across the board, every voter who comes out to vote can make a big difference.

Last month, with Election Day around the corner, that seemed to change as de Blasio renewed his call for a system that will encourage voting in a state with one of the lowest voter turnout rates in the country.

First, off - year elections are usually low - turnout elections, giving a huge advantage to the candidate who can motivate his or her supporters to get off their butts and vote.

The early voting measure is the first part of a three - point plan Ryan is pushing for, which will address low turnout and boost election participation by citizens across New York State.

Additionally, Ryan called upon the legislature to enact other voting reforms to modernize elections in New York, make it easier to vote, and expand voting options for all New Yorkers to help boost low turnout rates.

While this sounds low for the party's absolute core vote, remember that turnout at the last election was 62 %, so if all that 13 % always vote (a dubious assumption in itself) we are talking about roughly a fifth of actual voters.

Barely half the people in Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney voted in 2015, the lowest turnout in Wales, and Labour lost overall control of the council in Keir Hardie's heartland last month.

With such low voter turnout on Tuesday, the union members likely made up a disproportionate percent of the vote.

* Low turnout: Regardless of who votes, we know turnout is going to be minuscule.

The low turnout was reflected on the streets, with most residents in Forest Hills saying that they either didn't know there was an election on Tuesday or that they didn't vote.

I have no doubt that the Conservative Party will make major gains in votes and seats in the next 10 years that will build to their return to power ultimately, but they are a long way off actually winning a majority and it has to be said that a Hung Parliament now looks more improbable than at any time since 2001, demographic factors are working against the Conservative Party as well - Labour seats mostly are held with far lower turnouts which is partly why Labour can get fewer votes than the Conservatives and end up with an overall majority and far more seats than the Conservative Party.

Poll workers at MS 158 said morning turnout had been low, with less than 10 people having voted before 11 a.m..

Weprin may well come out ahead once the votes are counted: He'll be able to count on superior resources today to pull voters to the polls, which could be decisive in a low - turnout special election.

They are fighting for attention in a sprawling state where primary turnouts can be notoriously low - just under 7 percent of Republicans voted in last month's presidential primary.

On its face, probably not all that much, since to most of the GOP primary electorate the paper remains a liberal rag that frequently skirts the edge of treason, but with turnout expected to be low, there remain Republicans in wealthy parts of New York City suburbs who aren't paying much attention to the race, and will only decide who to vote for at the last moment, so a nod from the paper of record could prove decisive.