Adrian Kavanagh, 26th February 2016 This post offers an in - depth geographical study of voter
turnout levels at the last general election in 2011.
Not exact matches
Low
turnouts in elections
at all
levels seemed to indicate,
at best, apathy and,
at worst, rejection of the main political parties.
People needing to be voted in
at all different
levels, leading to lower voter
turnout for non-presidential elections
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.
An optimist might see one - third of enrolled voters from each party showed up
at the polls — roughly the same as 2008
level — as a solid showing in a state with poor
turnout in some years.
However suggestions that this happens
at the national
level are questionable because a national politician would want to increase
turnout in those districts that are managed by people of the same party.
«Voter
turnout at elections for
at all
levels of government is unacceptably low, and the State's antiquated election laws are part of the problem,» Bloomberg said in a press release.
Rather than looking
at self - reported
levels of
turnout in post-election surveys ComRes did regressions on actual
levels of
turnouts in constituencies by their demographic profiles, finding the usual patterns of higher
turnout in seats with more middle class people and older people, lower
turnout in seats with more C2DE voters and younger voters.
As with previous versions, the file comprises the 2015 election results for each constituency (winning party, vote share, number of votes,
turnout, majority and changes in vote share since 2010), the 2010 results (winning party, vote share, number of votes,
turnout and majority), and contextual information
at the constituency
level:
So whether it is saying that Party A will have a higher
turnout than Party B, or that Party A has a 98 % chance of defeating Party B, you would think that it has to have an impact
at some
level.
That ad, and more like it (along with fliers and other attention - grabbers in what will likely be a low -
turnout primary) was the product of an independent expenditure effort backed by the California Charter Schools Association, which has been a big force in battles with teachers» unions over charter schools in Los Angeles and
at the state
level as well.
There was a low
turnout of voters which some have put as the lack of popularity of the APC government both
at the state and federal
levels.
Emasculated teachers» unions can still play a major role in negotiating work rules and personnel practices
at the local
level, as well as influencing local school board elections where voter
turnout is often low.