Sentences with phrase «voter turnout for»

The Vancouver Island Real Estate Board (VIREB) has launched a website with the goals of increasing citizen engagement and improving voter turnout for this year's federal election.

D4D manned voter registration and information booths aiming to increase voter turnout for the November 7, 2017 NY City & State elections and ballot proposals

Her presentation included an alarming report that in the 2012 election, there was a 41 % overall voter turnout for young adults age 18 to 24.

Sparking an Interest in Civic Engagement in Today's Youth Cape Cod Today, October 13, 2013» [Associate Professor Meira Levinson's] presentation included an alarming report that in the 2012 election, there was a 41 % overall voter turnout for young adults age 18 to 24.

The hardest - hit counties are more strongly Democratic than surrounding areas are, so that could hurt voter turnout for Obama.

Statistics furnished by Panza on November 9 indicated that voter turnout for the election had been relatively light.

BY RACHEL BLOOM When looking at the extremely low voter turnout for New York City's recent primary election, one wouldn't know that city residents were deciding who would run for mayor this year.

Election monitors state that voter turnout for this election was unusually strong.

«80 % to 90 % of the School Board's funding comes from the state, and when you consider the small voter turnout for school board elections, it makes a lot of sense».

When it all plays out, he will have returned to his original «sheepdog» or «Judas goat» role, a part that progressive Democratic presidential «challengers» always play: drive voter turnout for «history's second most enthusiastic capitalist party» (as Kevin Phillips once described the Democrats) and deliver his supporters dutifully to that party's Big Business - backed and imperialist nominee in the standard name of Lesser Evilism.

There will also be a higher Democratic voter turnout for a presidential election, fewer Democratic incumbents to defend and many more vulnerable Republicans to challenge, he said.

We can expect higher than normal voter turnout for the special election given that presidential elections tend to boost voter turnout.

«We typically only get this kind of voter turnout for a presidential election.

New York State has seen abysmal voter turnout for years.

By Matthew Hamilton There are two ways to look at the 2.65 million - voter turnout for Tuesday's presidential primaries in New York.

There are two ways to look at the 2.65 million - voter turnout for Tuesday's presidential primaries in New York.

People needing to be voted in at all different levels, leading to lower voter turnout for non-presidential elections

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 previous low was in 2009 when 28 % of registered voters turnout for the race between Mayor Bloomberg and Bill Thompson.

Both the lowest and highest recorded voter turnouts for a U.S. Presidential election were in the 19th century: only 26.9 percent of the voting population turned out for the 1824 John Adams vs. Andrew Jackson election, but 81.8 percent of the voting population turned out for the 1876 Rutherford Hayes vs. Samuel Tilden election.

Not exact matches

Shahidi is an 18 - year - old actress and activist who uses her platform to advocate for important issues like diversity in Hollywood, girls» education and voter turnout.

Despite nearly equal voter turnout — black turnout was slightly less than white turnout in 2008 but exceeded white turnout in 2012, 66 % to 64 % — the gap between party loyalty and policy output is wide for black voters.

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.

Public regard for politicians has reached an all - time low and voter turnout has dropped.

Cambridge's website describes using the company's «unique data - rich voter file» to build high - tech profiles for all North Carolina voters that were used to increase turnout and help Tillis unseat Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan.

The 84 % turnout reflected French voter's strong desire for change.

Cambridge's website says the company's «unique data - rich voter file» was used to build high - tech profiles for all North Carolina voters and increase turnout, helping Tillis unseat Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan.

TORONTO — For the first time in more than two decades, voter turnout increased in Ontario compared to the previous provincial election.

Though turnout in the referendum was only around 40 %, voters overwhelmingly favored independence, and it was unclear to what extent the tough response from the Spanish authorities may have galvanized additional support for a breakaway.

«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.

Democrats in New York had generally pushed for a June date, aruging that August would result in low voter turnout.

For instance, during the 2005 election campaign we found between 58 % and 62 % of voters said they were certain to vote, and actual turnout was 61 %.

Search ads still have not been a proven medium in campaigns for voter turnout.

Low turnout is being predicted on both sides of the aisle for the Sept. 14 contests, and the GOP has far fewer enrolled voters to begin with.

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.

Iran For example, even Iran has higher voter turnout than the United States.

So while the Internet may have offered a strategic edge in 2008, mobile provides a tremendous opportunity for politicians to connect with their constituents and to promote voter turnout in 2012.

I am enormously grateful to the people of Utah and Idaho for the tremendous voter turnouts that gave us victories with extremely large margins.

The group also reported spending $ 14,908 on a radio ad purchase and $ 27,720 on phone banking for a race in which voter turnout is expected to especially key.

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.

And the answer isn't: «Other developed countries have higher voter turnout» Except for an extremely small percentage of the population, those who want to vote, can.

An integrated campaign will use each for the right purposes: social media for outreach and day - to - day supporter engagement, online advertising for recruiting and turnout, email for fundraising and activation, analytics to guide the campaign outreach, grassroots canvassing to contact voters one to one, the candidate's kids / pets to humanize him or her, etc etc ad nauseum.

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.

But conversation again centred around turnout and, convinced that the UKIP voters had defected en masse to the Tories, Phil spoke worriedly about having to write two speeches for the count: one each for victory and defeat.

I'm looking for a full sortable list of the results, for every constituency, ideally with as much information as possible: Turnout, # eligible voters, votes for each candidate (both # and %), winning majority (both # and %), etc..

We shouldn't be surprised then that campaign spending — which largely operates on turnout — has more effect for candidates whose voters require a little more persuasion to get out and vote, than those who will turnout regardless.

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.»

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.

Among the other workarounds claimed was one from interim DNC chair Donna Brazile, who was persuading the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee to hold the $ 5 million transferred to them from the Clinton campaign and to wait to spend it buying airtime for minority voter turnout in the final week they otherwise wouldn't have been able to fund.