Sentences with phrase «massive turnout of»

The massive turnout of readers, of all age groups at the fair is an overwhelming sight.

At Aguleri in Anambra East Local Government Area, the country home of incumbent Governor Willie Obiano, the governor said he was impressed by the massive turnout of voters.

Civil rights activists have held rallies and candlelight vigils across cities and towns — with Friday, October 12, officially observed as Condemnation Day, seeing massive turnout of people praying for her life.

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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.

Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York, who traveled last week to Brazil with the pope for World Youth Day, said the massive turnout - estimates ran as high as 3 million - and ecstatic crowds likely gave Francis hope that he would «revive the church on his home continent of Latin America.»

Preliminary reports on turnout suggest that the Obama re-election campaign succeeded again in shaping the very nature of the electorate through massive investments of time, effort, and money in both the technical infrastructure and the raw manpower necessary for an effective up - to - date ground game.

Obama's supposedly massive turnout was virtually the same, at 61.6 % and his supposedly massive support came from just 32.6 % of those who could have turned out and weren't in prison or otherwise written off.

The independence debate sparked a massive interest in politics, leading to the highest ever turnout in any UK ballot and SNP business convener Derek Mackay said many of those who had joined the party since the vote would be new to politics.

You've seen the massive turnout, turning out because the voters know they're frustrated and angry about the direction of our country under Barack Obama,» Collins said.

President Mahama, addressing the rally attended by hundreds of residents of Anum Apapam and surrounding towns, was confident that the high turnout would translate into a massive win for him and the NDC's parliamentary candidates in the district.

It was Scotland's big night and while the turnout was massive, so was the scale of the operation by the media.

They see the creation of Israel as the greatest disaster to befall them, and Arab leaders in both the West Bank and Gaza are encouraging massive turnout.

In October 1974 Labour won a narrow majority, there was record inflation, high unemployment, massive Conservative Local Election & By Election victories followed by the Winter of Discontent and yet while Labour lost, their total vote was very similar to that of the 1974 General Elections and it was more down to increased turnout for the Conservatives and collapse of the Liberals.

«Most of the people who have joined the strike and the demonstrations agree with us,» says Fabbri, who expects another massive turnout when protesters take to the streets in Paris and many other cities again on Thursday.

And it was an abiding curiosity about 3D that must account for the massive turnout, far more than any particular love for the Lewis Carroll story (which is borderline unrecognisable here, anyway), though the presence of the globally huge Johnny Depp didn't hurt, either.

A good chunk of the Marvel movie's opening weekend audience opted not to follow up for a second viewing this weekend since the movie suffered a 56.4 % drop in ticket sales from its first frame, but the massive turnout was still enough for Avengers: Infinity War to top its nearest competitor by almost $ 100 million.

«The massive turnout for the Hands Across the Sand today shows that people oppose the risky practice of offshore drilling and understand that we need to seek real solutions to our energy crisis including increased efficiency, conservation and renewable alternatives,» said Pete Stauffer, Surfrider Foundation's Ocean Program Manager.

After the event, which lasted nearly three hours, Emerson Toomey, a 17 - year - old senior at Lane Tech High School and one of March for Our Lives» organizers, said she and other planners had no intention of resting after the massive turnout.