Sentences with phrase «turnout of voters in»

The Speaker, who is a chieftain of the APC said that he was impressed with the turnout of voters in the by - election.

There is currently low turnout of voters in the gubernatorial and state House of Assembly's elections in Benue State.

Asked about the traditionally poor turnout of voters in the heavily - minority Fillmore District, Mascia says voters are turned off by nothing being done and says he will run a get - out - the vote campaign for his issues on race, class and economic inequities.

For Democratic activists in Saugerties, the worry is always about turnout of their voters in local elections.

Not exact matches

Something happened in terms of the voter turnout that we did not anticipate or build into our model.

Small - business owners, with their strong voting records and firm intentions of hitting the polls in November, represent an untapped but potentially game - changing force in this presidential race, particularly if overall voter turnout comes in low.

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.

This was among the largest voter turnout efforts in history, and larger than those of both major parties combined.

He cited low voter turnout in general and among younger voters in particular for control of Congress switching from Democratic to Republican during his presidency.

«Our telecanvassing program contacted 123,138 individuals, resulting in an increase in turnout of 12.57 % among those called, which is equivalent to over 15,478 voters,» Cambridge Analytica says.

Here is a map showing voter turnout in ridings across the province (only 4 out of 83 ridings had a turnout larger than 50 %).

Voter turnout across Canada in 2011 was 14,720,580 (61.4 percent of the total number of electors on the voters list).

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).

In some years, because of their high voter turnout, they have made up more than 2 % of the electorate.

I have spoken to a number of Clinton's Hispanic supporters, «Clintonistas,» who believe she will crush Trump in November, fueled by a record Hispanic voter turnout.

«I think there is a possibility that in some of these mega-churches, a pastor's saying it is OK to vote for Mitt Romney... could increase voter turnout,» Lynn said.

I'm also so proud of the amazing voter turnout in this election.

An ESRC study in 2005 concluded: «The real problem (of low turnout) is not voters» sloth but politicians» complacency and failure to reach out to habitual non-voters.»

And as election day closes in, most campaigns will switch the emphasis of their online advertising to driving voter turnout.

«Electoral and policy consequences of voter turnout: Evidence from compulsory voting in australia.»

A source says she's worried an endorsement could reduce voter turnout in the primary in her home state of California on June 7.

Read Scott Martin continues doing yeoman's work over at his political Ad of the Day site, and with Indiana and North Carolina in mind, take a look at how Obama's been pushing voter turnout.

Ken Mehlman, chairman of the Republican National Committee and one of the principal architects of the GOP turnout apparatus nationwide, said a top - notch voter identification and turnout effort matters more in a congressional race than a presidential one because there is «much less of a public dialogue» about individual House contests.

A harbinger of voter turnout patterns in November?

And that's before accounting for some of the factors that the model doesn't consider: the disagreement in the polls, the unusual nature of Trump's candidacy and the demographic changes it is producing, Clinton's superior turnout operation, the possibility of «shy Trump» voters, the fact that the news cycle is still somewhat fluid headed into the final weekend, the declining response rates to polls, and the substantial number of high - profile polling misses around the world over the past few years.

Whether it's fundraising, volunteer recruitment, voter turnout, or media management, the race in «08 offers up hope of the Holy Grail for political campaigning.

As news coverage switched to the turnout battle in the last weeks of the elections, many stories discussed the Republicans» voter - mobilization machine and the Democrats» efforts to match it.

Text messages are one of the few tools that have consistently boosted voter turnout (at least, in the tests I've heard of), and they'll be particularly useful in reaching lower - income voters whose phones may be their only connection to the internet.

Hence much of the changes that many Argentines credit the Kirchners for having brought about (such as family subsidies, higher employment levels and stronger purchasing power despite rising inflation, as well as access to services and products that the poor were suddenly able to access post-2001) are expected to yield wide turnout among Argentina's poorer classes, without the Frente para la Victoria having to worry about registering — and then turning out — those who might be considered marginal voters in the US.

In 2008, when voter turnout rates were at or around record highs, fewer than half (44.9 percent) of adults in households making less than $ 30,000 per year voted, according to Census Bureau datIn 2008, when voter turnout rates were at or around record highs, fewer than half (44.9 percent) of adults in households making less than $ 30,000 per year voted, according to Census Bureau datin households making less than $ 30,000 per year voted, according to Census Bureau data.

Of course, given voting is not compulsory in the US, voter turnout will have a big influence on the result.

A couple of states have had higher turnout in the 2012 Republican Primaries than they had in 2008, but most have about the same or even less — not impressive, considering that this race is much more open and closely fought and that the number of registered voters has grown since last time.

When you factor in the low turnout, less than 10 per cent of voters actually gave the party their support.

And just as the campaign would use new media tools to encourage voter turnout and other action in the real world, they built their list of online activists in part at physical events:

In some races, turnout saw an increase (which was not a statewide trend), but voters were not backing Clinton at the top of the ticket the same way they went for Obama.

The 2004 election cycle saw a dramatic rise in the number and size of nonprofit organizations that bought TV ads, organized voter turnout drives and conducted political «education» campaigns that were effectively working on behalf of (or against) one candidate or party, and because they used «soft money» in the process, their donors weren't limited in how much they could give and didn't fall under the strict disclosure rules required when trying to influence an election.

Some voters in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens reported waiting hours to cast their ballots, with officials reporting broken scanner machines, confusion at some polling sites and early reports of high turnout.

While turnout among Democrat voters in the City of Rochester was high in the presidential year, it was Slaughter's win in the Republican - dominated suburbs that was truly remarkable.

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.»

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.

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.

Political analysts said Curran may also have been helped by Democratic voters coming out in larger numbers to send a message to President Donald Trump; union turnout against the state constitutional convention ballot question; or by the surprising underperformance of Republican Hempstead Supervisor Anthony Santino, who lost to underdog Laura Gillen to give town control to Democrats for the first time in 100 years.

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

For politicians and campaign operatives across the state, that race was a close - to - home indicator of what could happen in a special election, where turnout is abysmally low and a gap in enthusiasm among voters could make all the difference when the votes are tallied.

New York State continues to lag behind other states in terms of voter turnout and participation.

McDonald used voting - eligible population (VEP), or the number of eligible voters independent of their current registration status, to calculate turnout rates in each state on November 4.

CFD excels at street campaigning, giving the Upper West Side one of the highest voter turnouts in the state.

But because the measure is a constitutional amendment, Florida law required that it get 60 percent of the vote — and that made it all the more challenging in a midterm election year, when turnout among younger voters is lower.

Political scientist Michael McDonald's United States Elections Project studied voter turnout in the 2014 election by looking at the percentage of eligible voters who headed to the polls.

The group is committed to increasing voter turnout among young people in a bid to drive up support for the Remain campaign ahead of the referendum on June 23.