Anyone curious about why Stephen Harper's Conservatives seem so eager to please older voters need only consider the following data from Statistics Canada: In 2011, the voter turnout rate was about 50 per cent among people aged 18 to 24, a few percentage points higher among 25 - to 34 - year - olds, but leapt to 70 per cent for 45 - to 54 - year - olds, and crested at a remarkable 82 per cent among
potential voters between 65 and 74.
Not exact matches
The trend is obvious and often commented upon, but what is consistently missed is the disconnect
between what
potential rural Labour
voters want and what they are offered.
More than 100 backbench Labour MPs are also thought to oppose the plan creating the
potential for a significant showdown
between Gordon Brown and his own party at a time when the polls show that many
voters think Labour would be better off with a new leader.
The one - hour debate
between Sutton and Yepsen focused on many of the issues facing Saratoga Springs
voters — including the
potential impact of an expanded Saratoga Casino and Raceway, calls for more EMS and fire department service in the city, and issues with downtown traffic and parking.
There's a genuine difference of opinion
between the Cuomo and de Blasio administration on charters, but the move also stands to benefit Cuomo politically: Along with his opposition to the pre-K tax hike, it cements the governor's position as a moderate bulwark against the more liberal de Blasio on education, appealing to
voters outside the city and preemptively shutting down a
potential area of attack by his Republican challenger as he runs for re-election.
The move is seen as a
potential way of restoring trust
between voters and parliament and drawing a line under the expenses scandal.
A new poll was released today based on survey data from last Thursday to Tuesday, asking
potential voters about their feelings on the upcoming Congressional race in the West Bronx
between Senator Adriano Espaillat (pictured >) and incumbent Charlie Rangel (pictured ^), as well as other Yolanda Garcia and Michael Walrond.
A sign of
potential battle lines to come were demonstrated in Mrs May's speech this morning, in which she said
voters faced a choice
between «strong» leadership under the Tories and Labour «propped up» by other parties including the Liberal Democrats and the SNP.
2 votes in the general election was the difference here
between having a Liberal Democrat MP and
potential resurgence next time around for the party as unionist
voters flock to them in opposition to the SNP, which might have allowed the party to retain the seat even with boundary changes at the next general election, and what seems to be SNP representation for the foreseeable future as the unionist vote in North East Fife fractures off to the Conservatives.
Relying on your own graphs,
between 1987 and 2015, the population of eligible
voters has more than doubled from ~ 1800 to ~ 4700: an increase of ~ 161 % by adding ~ 2900 new
potential voters.
Nix claims that they possess
between four and five thousand data points on every
potential voter, after combining the personality test results with «attitudinal» data, such as credit card spending patterns, consumer preferences, Facebook likes, and civic and political engagement.