Sentences with phrase «of elections turnout»

For instance, numbers from the state Board of Elections turnout suggest Wright's son and wife — both members of the county committee — would share a weight of 335 votes.

• Voter registration restrictions that give New York one of the lowest rates of election turnout in the nation, prohibiting same - day registration an mail - in voting.

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Many independence supporters have called the elections illegitimate but a remarkable turnout of 80 per cent is expected on 21 December.

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.

That's important for any election, but especially for this one, in which a strong turnout among people of color — especially African - Americans and Hispanics — is expected to be vital to Democrat Hillary Clinton's chances of winning.

Voter turnout among millennials may yet determine the outcome of this presidential election.

Post-election, I sent out an email to all of our subscribers and talked about my deep disappointments in the election turnout and what our plans are: to go to the red states and set up pop - ups there, talk to the other side and extend an olive branch.

Mobile voting has been near and dear to Tusk's heart for some time and he has recently been promoting one company as a potential solution to the challenge of the lack of participation, particularly when it comes to local elections where turnout is often in the range of 10 to 15 percent.

Voter turnout ranged from a low of 20.4 % in the 2000 Red Deer - North by - election, held to replace PC MLA Stockwell Day who resigned to run for the leadership of the Canadian Alliance, to 45.5 % in the 1996 Redwater by - election, held to replace Liberal MLA Nick Taylor who had been appointed to the Canadian Senate.

This estimated 52 percent voter turnout was the second lowest of any Canadian province but an increase of 2.9 percent from the 2008 federal election, according to Elections Canada reports.

The 2008 election saw the lowest voter turnout in Alberta's history, with only 41 percent of eligible voters casting a ballot (CBC.ca, 2008).

-- «Goodbye, neighborhood polling places — 5 counties switch to mega-vote centers,» by CALmatters» Rhonda Lyons: «This election season five California counties are doing away with hundreds of neighborhood polling places and replacing them with fewer «one - stop vote centers» — an experiment sold by Democrats as a way to save money and boost anemic voter turnout from the last midterm elections.»

In 1962, elections in North Korea achieved the democratic dream of a 100 % turnout, with each victorious candidates — they were limited to one per constituency — attaining a 100 % mandate.

I'm also so proud of the amazing voter turnout in this election.

For instance, during the 2005 election campaign we found between 58 % and 62 % of voters said they were certain to vote, and actual turnout was 61 %.

And as election day closes in, most campaigns will switch the emphasis of their online advertising to driving voter turnout.

The Post noted an interesting point in an article that also has a lot of details about election - eve operations — because of the time required to set up a significant turnout effort, the Republicans haven't had time to roll one out in congressional districts that have suddenly become vulnerable in the last few weeks.

For instance, how many California ballot initiatives have been «bought» by some concentrated wealthy interest that spent tons of money to swing a low - turnout election?

There are two tough position for the TEAPubs to have hung around their neck going into a round of elections where interest / turnout will be high — Champion for child molestors and blockers of a vote on limiting legislator income and the size of donations (bribes)!

Low turnouts in elections at all levels seemed to indicate, at best, apathy and, at worst, rejection of the main political parties.

But the most important lesson for those of us on the trailis that the primaries process itself has been hugely energising for Americans, a country with even worse turnout than Britain in recent elections.

Second, we have assumed that within each local authority the variation in turnout between different demographic groups will be the same as that which pertained in last year's general election across the country as a whole (as measured by the British Election Study, a major academic high quality survey of how people voted in last year's general elelection across the country as a whole (as measured by the British Election Study, a major academic high quality survey of how people voted in last year's general elElection Study, a major academic high quality survey of how people voted in last year's general electionelection).

But Hague will argue that turnout for European elections is falling despite the gradual increase in the powers of EU laws.

However, it is worth recalling the honest intentions behind the sixth point as we ponder declining election turnouts, the diminishing base of unpaid party activists, and the distance that remains between the Westminster parliamentary system and those to whom elected representatives are ultimately accountable.

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.

US turnout is overall rather lower than in Britain: the record is in the low to mid-60s for Presidential elections, which is not much higher than the British low - point of 58 % in 2001.

It generated the highest turnout in a UK election in a quarter of a century.

That Paladino defeated Lazio in the primary was something of a surprise, but like the general election against Cuomo he managed to get high turnout in western New York.

As news coverage switched to the turnout battle in the last weeks of the elections, many stories discussed the Republicans» voter - mobilization machine and the Democrats» efforts to match it.

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.

In spite of its considerable (and increasing) powers under the Treaties, the Parliament has since the first election faced decreasing turnouts.

Unlike television commercials, online outreach and online mobilization can be targeted with great precision, making them (as I've argued before) a perfect match for a low - turnout election, particularly when run by the heirs of a team with a track record of knowing how to use them.

One of the big questions in the run - up to the 2012 Presidential Election was what the turnout would be.

These attitudes may affect voter turnout and with it the outcome of the election.

The 2004 election cycle saw a dramatic rise in the number and size of nonprofit organizations that bought TV ads, organized voter turnout drives and conducted political «education» campaigns that were effectively working on behalf of (or against) one candidate or party, and because they used «soft money» in the process, their donors weren't limited in how much they could give and didn't fall under the strict disclosure rules required when trying to influence an election.

Reports suggest that Romney, Ryan, and key people around them remained confident of victory to the very end, seeing that they were «hitting their numbers» in many districts — only to realize as Election Night unfolded that turnout would exceed their expectations in most swing states, raising the bar for victory and leaving them in the unenviable position of having achieved their tactical goals but lost the strategic battle nonetheless.

The fact that our analysis consistently shows that the error is lower in elections with a high turnout and at the same a huge volume of comments, points in the same direction.

The trajectory of turnout for earlier elections suggested that increasing numbers of Georgians were not bothering to vote, because they saw no point.

Scottish youth turnout in the 2015 general election was higher than in other parts of the UK.

As I wrote before the election, speaking with Americans gave me the impression that voter turnout could put Trump in the White House; it seemed that an increase in white, working class Republican votes together with a decrease in Democrat voters from parts of President Obama's support base could tip the result Trump's way.

The Central Regional Director of the NCCE, Nicolas Ofori Boateng who made the observation, said the situation had influenced voter turnout at district level elections over the past years, as the electorates had lost confidence or felt betrayed by the assembly members.

The top and the left margins identify the country and the level of the election; the bars represent the difference in percentage points between the turnout measured in the group exposed to the yes / no question and the one measured in the group exposed the question that included face - saving response items.

And as they prepare this Labor Day weekend to enter the last, frenzied stretch of the nation's premier political contest of 2013, both think that in this low - turnout election, the winner will be the candidate best able to motivate his base.

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.

Last fall, Democrats lost control of the Senate and fell further into the minority in the House, but pinned much of the blame on low turnout in the midterm elections.

Morgan was re-elected at the 2001 general election with a reduced majority of 6,165 and on a substantially reduced turnout (in common with the rest of the country).

There are now also indications that students are more likely to be registered at their home rather than their university address, perhaps raising the risk of low turnout at what will be a term time election.

- Minority turnout which was higher in the 2008 election and with high proportions of African - American voters

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.

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.