Sentences with phrase «turnout election like»

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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.

And despite her apparently inept campaign Coakley may yet pull off a victory, since like most special elections tomorrow is likely to see a relatively low voter turnout, giving the edge to a candidate able to persuade his or her supporters to actually show up and cast a ballot.

McAuliffe and Cuccinelli's particular fight will be over in two months, but 2014 looks right now to be a similar struggle, i.e. more like a typical low - turnout mid-term than 2010's wave election.

The problem for the parties, particularly the Conservatives, is that turnout is much higher among older people, particularly in mid-term elections like the county council elections, but in the long - term there is no future in resisting the liberal tide.

But voter turnout in primaries, like the New York governor's race, is abysmally low, so the ideologues on the far left and far right — and the special interests who throw money at the elections — control the process.

«The mayor and I were able to advocate together for universal pre-kindergarten but election reforms weren't on that list... I think that when we have so few people engaged in voting and such low turnout, people need to put good government on the same plane as things like universal pre-kindergarten.»

And even though special elections historically generate little enthusiasm, officials from both parties used words like dismal to describe the turnout Tuesday.

In the ongoing fight between Democrats and Republicans over election procedures like voter ID and early voting, the Democrats are supposedly the champions of higher turnout and reducing barriers to participation.

The firm believes turnout will look more like a mid-term election in New York, with Clinton probably taking a «big hit from corruption nationally,» while «Trump's people are energized.»

«The potential of a tool like this to help boost participation is enormous - in the Netherlands, 1 - in - 3 voters used Vote Match's sister site «Stemwijzer» in the last Parliamentary elections and is seen as a trusted tool that can help boost turnout.»

Like ComRes, they noted how the past relationship between stated likelihood to vote and actual turnout had got worse since the last election.

Looks to me like the Abstention Party will get a good turnout at the next election.

Like Gardiner, the elections in Highland were intense, with voter turnout high and some of the races too close to call until all of the absentee ballots were counted a week later by the Ulster County Board of Eelections in Highland were intense, with voter turnout high and some of the races too close to call until all of the absentee ballots were counted a week later by the Ulster County Board of ElectionsElections.

But turnout in community school board elections was very low, usually well below 10 percent of eligible voters, giving groups like the teachers» union outsize sway.

Democrats would like nothing better than to demonstrate that his success was a fluke resulting from a low - turnout special election in the dead of winter.

In most special elections turnout is low and nothing drives voters out like sending a message to DC or their party establishment.

Turnout in local elections is traditionally low, especially in years like this when there are no national races.

And since school - board elections are typically low - turnout affairs, organized and energized interests, like teacher unions, can exert even more influence on the outcome than their raw numbers would suggest.

Education World provides five lesson plans to help you drive home the importance of voting, teach about the process of creating laws, track election results and voter turnout, and teach students what it's like to make the tough decisions that elected officials make every day.

Make Classroom Connections to This Year's Elections Use these five activities to drive home the importance of voting, teach about the process of creating laws, track election results and voter turnout, and teach students what its like to make the tough decisions that elected officials make every day.