The government says it feels forced to act due to the number of strikes called on the London underground, railways or in schools based
on small turnouts or two - year - old ballot mandates.
Not exact matches
Yes, progressive bloggers were vital for getting Lamont attention across the country and no doubt helped bring national news coverage and out - of - state donations, but the campaign itself stayed local: «focused
on building a file of likely voters, organizing a
turnout effort and circulating Lamont at events, including
small gatherings in living rooms.»
A lot depends
on turnout, which is expected to be low across the state with
small pockets of activity in state Senate and congressional districts that have active GOP primaries.
Kevin Larkin has analysed the effect of holding these types of election
on the same day, and finds that it leads to a
small but significant increase in voter
turnout.
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.
(UPDATED WITH RALLY REMARKS & VIDEO) PREVIOUS 8:52 AM: With a
smaller turnout that expected and battling snowfall and traffic snarls, today's Women's March
On Main still drew thousands to Park City this morning.
No such big - ticket race was
on yesterday's citywide ballot, and the
turnout was much
smaller.