Sentences with phrase «turnout election with»

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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.

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.

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.

Turnout in the election was 54.7 % (compared with 62.3 % in 2007).

But microtargeting has the potential to help with more than just the last - minute turnout frenzy, since campaigns can use consumer information databases to zero - in on and recruit supporters long before the actual election.

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.

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

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.

Other examples from observers and social media included ballot boxes being stuffed with extra ballots in multiple regions; an election official assaulting an observer; CCTV cameras obscured by flags or nets from watching ballot boxes; discrepancies in ballot numbers; last - minute voter registration changes likely designed to boost turnout; and a huge pro-Putin sign in one polling station.

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.

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).

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

WASHINGTON - With low voter turnout on Long Island expected Tuesday, Rep. Steve Israel announced he would be filing legislation again to switch the federal Election Day from Tuesdays to the weekend.

Cuomo said he will push for a November ballot referendum, even after expressing concern that the lack of a statewide election could skew the turnout, with scores of city voters casting mayoral ballots.

On turnout, as with a primary, special elections tend to bring out a more involved subset of voters, clouding any apples - to - apples prediction for the next general election.

The state Democratic Party's coordinated campaign — its joint turnout effort with the statewide nominees — is being run by Michael Halle, who was Obama's general election director in North Carolina in 2012 and his deputy field director there in 2008.

Observers worry that despite record turnout by voters, the campaigns featured opportunistic deals between power brokers with checkered backgrounds and that those bargains will determine the election's ultimate outcome.

Thus, Turkey may come to demonstrate the problems of dual legitimacy that Juan Linz pointed out more than two decades ago, with Erdoğan representing the will of a «people» that form less than half of the electorate, given the low turnout in the presidential election.

This allows New York to redeem itself from the ignominious status of place dead last in turnout nationwide this year and in the nation with fewer voters going to the polls than in any midterm election for at least three decades.

Every metric shows that we are poised for a great election cycle, and with extremist Donald Trump as the Republican standard - bearer, we expect record Democratic turnout in competitive races throughout New York State.»

Turnout was higher than in a modern day general election, with approximately 72 % of the electorate voting — 52 % to leave the EU and 48 % to remain.

But Democrats say that in a low - turnout special election with progressives and union members galvanized by opposition to Trump, they had hope.

After the election, one post-election poll suggested that turnout amongst 18 - 24 year old went up by as much as 16 percentage points in 2017, with another suggesting an increase of 12 points.

Democrats say that in a low - turnout special election with progressives and union members motivated by opposition to Trump, they have hope.

With a turnout of 36.2 per cent, IWAR campaigners said this surpassed participation in local elections.

Last month, with Election Day around the corner, that seemed to change as de Blasio renewed his call for a system that will encourage voting in a state with one of the lowest voter turnout rates in the country.

Over four million people are registered to vote in the election and a high turnout is expected, with 80 % of the 790,000 postal votes already cast.

[83][84] In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 2,037 votes (51.7 % vs. 45.8 % countywide), ahead of Democrat Jon Corzine with 1,663 votes (42.2 % vs. 48.0 %), Independent Chris Daggett with 181 votes (4.6 % vs. 4.7 %) and other candidates with 24 votes (0.6 % vs. 0.5 %), among the 3,937 ballots cast by the borough's 7,449 registered voters, yielding a 52.9 % turnout (vs. 50.0 % in the county).

«It will be interesting to see how a mayor elected with a huge margin of a small turnout fares with up - for - election state officials.»

[94][95] In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Democrat Jon Corzine received 2,204 ballots cast (47.2 % vs. 48.0 % countywide), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 2,116 votes (45.3 % vs. 45.8 %), Independent Chris Daggett with 299 votes (6.4 % vs. 4.7 %) and other candidates with 11 votes (0.2 % vs. 0.5 %), among the 4,666 ballots cast by the borough's 8,203 registered voters, yielding a 56.9 % turnout (vs. 50.0 % in the county).

The low turnout was reflected on the streets, with most residents in Forest Hills saying that they either didn't know there was an election on Tuesday or that they didn't vote.

The April 19 date coincides with the presidential primary election in New York State and was chosen to both «maximize voter turnout and minimize the cost to taxpayers,» according to Gov. Cuomo.

In a low - turnout election, with four other candidates on the ballot, it might be enough to squeak out a victory.

«Turnout at elections would fall and you would get into a populist disillusionment with the whole lot of them.»

Will the dysfunction in Washington, especially with what's going on with House Republicans and Conservatives choosing a speaker, have ripple effects in the local elections and turnout?

It might be a bit more difficult for the strategy to have the same impact this time around, as Killian's ties to Trump are more tangential than Astorino's, and the special election will be held on a date with fewer extraneous factors that might influence turnout.

The elections were marked by voter apathy, with turnout falling to 59.4 %, the lowest since the Coupon Election of 1918.

[183] The idea of a London mayor of a Greater London Authority (GLA) had been included in Labour's 1997 election manifesto, and after their election a referendum was scheduled for May 1998, in which there was a 72 % yes vote with a 34 % turnout.

But with low turnout and multiple conservatives running in each primary, it would be a surprise if the disgraced former lawmakers advanced to the special general election in March.

With a «toss - up» of a race, Levy, the Siena pollster, said the winner will be dictated by «turnout, turnout, turnout» in an election that is likely to draw low participation because there are no state or federal races at play.

Under the leadership of Tony Blair, the governing Labour Party was re-elected to serve a second term in government with another landslide victory, returning 413 of the 418 seats won by the party in the previous general election, a net loss of 5 seats, though with significantly lower turnout than before — 59.4 %, compared to 71.3 % in the previous election.

The episode began during the 2009 elections, after the Working Families Party, backed by labor unions and armed with a formidable voter turnout operation, won a series of surprise victories for liberal candidates.

With a voter turnout far above the usual for a primary election, Kennedy came out of the unofficial voting machine count 271 votes ahead of County Legislature Chair Betty Jean Grant.

Later, working models predicted the number to be around 32 - 39,000, with larger Election Day turnout seemingly favoring Taddeo.

I fear the Home Office anticipated, if not engineered, the appallingly low turnout and wilfully permitted the elections to continue in full knowledge that the majority of the general public were not engaged with.»

Current conditions are so favorable for the GOP — including the president's poor poll numbers, the states with Senate races, the lower turnout of Democratic groups in midterm elections, the quality of this cycle's Republican Senate recruits and the daily dose of negative news that should help the party not holding the White House — that Republican Senate gains of fewer than six seats would be a punch to the party's solar plexus.

But, as ever with local elections, turnout will be key.

Pundits are expecting a much lower turnout in England than in parts of the UK with separate elections.