Sentences with phrase «number of voters coming»

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.

One lesser problem might be with predicting the load if every precinct had an unknown number of voters coming.

Not exact matches

After a record number of young voters came out in 2008, not nearly as many came out for 2012.

[W] hen one takes a closer look into the numbers it becomes clear that Trump does not come out on top among those voters for whom the religious faith of the candidate matters most.

Furthermore, when one takes a closer look into the numbers it becomes clear that Trump does not come out on top among those voters for whom the religious faith of the candidate matters most.

Political analysts said Curran may also have been helped by Democratic voters coming out in larger numbers to send a message to President Donald Trump; union turnout against the state constitutional convention ballot question; or by the surprising underperformance of Republican Hempstead Supervisor Anthony Santino, who lost to underdog Laura Gillen to give town control to Democrats for the first time in 100 years.

Democrats had a 5:3 advantage in the number of voters registering with their party, a ratio that was likely to increase as more immigrants and minorities came of voting age in the state.

Voters would be given an independent «none of the above» option on their ballot papers, and the proportion of votes for this option would determine the number of representatives who came from the independents list.

Barbara Bartoletti, with the League of Women Voters, says many politicians believe it's safer for their chances to be reelected under the present system, when only a small number of their core supporters come to the polls.

In terms of what issues area voters feel are the most important facing New York State along with Monroe County and the City of Rochester, problems with the economy came in number one.

Head of the Political Science Department, Dr. Bossman Asare, who made this revelation while presenting the survey findings, said: «We wanted to find out who the voters think should lead the party [NDC] in 2020, and overwhelmingly 58 % of the candidates we interviewed said they believed Mr. Mahama will become the candidate and a number of them generally said they wanted Mr. Mahama to come.

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.

Sue Lerner, with Common Cause, says currently most contributions for campaigns for statewide offices, as well as the Senate and Assembly, come from a limited number of zip codes, many from the area right around the Capitol, where major lobbying and other interest groups have their offices, as well as the Upper East and West Sides of Manhattan, and Wall Street, and «not from the actual voters».

And with a number of elections coming up across Europe, he says, it is not the individual voter who must remain vigilant, but politicians and political parties.

«It could come after a number of things; taxpayer funding of elections, voter irregularities baked into our state constitution.

Trump's local numbers exceeded expectations on a night when nearly half of the county's registered Republican voters came out to vote.

«There's a finite number of voters who are going to come out.»

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.

From the number of voters and volunteers that came out, to the incredible diversity, originality and strength of the proposals, Participatory Budgeting was a major success for the community,» said Council Member Mark Levine.

And, once Batterdino comes out from under wraps and starts to scare voters with his views and lack of understanding about what Governors do, his numbers will drop like a rock.

[Cameron] thinks that people who talk about Europe or «bang on» about Europe as he once put it himself, he thinks that people who talk about immigration and who are worried about the numbers of people coming to Britain, he thinks that people who are concerned about the blot of wind farms all over our landscapes and seascapes, he thinks that people who discuss those things are beyond the pale and I think when he insults us actually what he's doing, he's insulting a very large number of his own voters.

Nixon's best shot, he said, comes in the ever - declining number of voters who participate in primaries.

With primaries usually only turning out a small number of registered party voters, the game comes down to a candidate getting his or her people out to the polls.

There are also signs that President Obama's attempts to re-create the coalition that helped elect him in 2008 have come up short — particularly with young voters whose numbers in preliminary exit polling are well short of where they stood two years ago.

The row comes amid mounting Labour concerns that increasing numbers of their traditional voters are switching to Leave as the 23 June referendum approaches.

«To use this «momentum effect,» candidates will spend a lot of time in the coming months trying to persuade voters in Iowa and New Hampshire, even though the number of delegates distributed in these contests is actually very small.»

A bit of primary history: In 2008, Democrats had the historic turnout numbers while GOP voters came out in modest numbers (in 2008 and 2012).

The strongest numbers came when 81 % of voters favored giving teachers and students time to adjust to the new expectations before there are consequences for test results with over half of voters feeling strongly about this.

The 2009 numbers came out as the mayor was trying to accomplish two goals: to persuade the Legislature to give the mayor control of the schools for another seven years; and to convince city voters that he deserved a third term.