Sentences with phrase «voter turnout in»

«However, voter turnout in B.C. has traditionally been low.

So, if the mess — for which the ultimate responsibility must lie with those who didn't vote — has been of any value, the payback will be in the voter turnout in the next federal election.

Although Clinton has established an edge over Trump in early - voter turnout in several key swing states, that edge is slim so far.

The goals met by these teams were part of a movement to increase voter turnout in Hidalgo County, which was higher than in 2010.

It's possible that the additional voter turnout in 2008 for the Presidential election had an impact on the votes, as well, since voters turned out who might not normally have bothered.

Only 34 per cent of eligible voters cast their votes in this election, even less than the 37 per cent voter turnout in the 2011 election.

It's possible that the additional voter turnout in 2008 for the Presidential election had an impact on the votes, as well, since voters turned out who might not normally have bothered.

Because these are issues that educators in Seattle care deeply about, this article should help to increase voter turnout in the election — a prerequisite to a an engaged and activated membership, one of the primary objectives of ours in the campaign.

In the end, I came up just 45 votes short of becoming the next president of the SEA, in the biggest voter turnout in our union's history.

In 1992, voter turnout in Little River was 67 percent, 12 percentage points higher than the national turnout, 27 points higher than Boston's.

They worked to improve voter turnout in their county, wrote newsletters for the police department, and developed a Web site to educate people about the dangers of fire ants.»

BBC.COM - Mamba is attempting to boost voter turnout in the upcoming elections by finding users an election «date».

Broadly speaking, voter turnout in the general presidential election is dismal.

Hegelich, who is probing for correlations between voter turnout in the upcoming election and bot activity, examines factors such as the distribution of exclamation marks to pinpoint bots.

The 2014 election had the worst voter turnout in 72 years, with less than one - third of the eligible voting population going to the polls.

And no wonder New York consistently ranks among the lowest in voter turnout in the country.

The abysmal voter turnout in New York is a large part of the reason why Schneiderman introduced the New York Votes Act in the first place.

The five states with the highest voter turnout in 2016 all use open primaries.

Repeatedly uncontested primaries and general elections has become the norm for many seats across New York City and at least partially explains dismally low voter turnout in legislative elections around the city and state.

NEW YORK CITY — Bronx Councilman Ritchie Torres has a new idea for increasing voter turnout in the city.

Buffalo, N.Y. (WBEN)- Point to lackluster voter turnout in this week's Buffalo Mayoral Primary Election as an example, New York State Assemblyman Sean Ryan called on the New York State Senate to pass legislation to create an early voting system in New York State.

Both the Home Secretary, and the Prime Minister, have attributed the low voter turnout in the PCCs elections to the fact that «it takes time to explain a new post» and expect turnout to be «much higher next time round».

The voter turnout in the first Police and Crime Commissioner elections in 2012 of 15.1 % was «the lowest ever recorded turnout for a national election».

But the net effect was to suppress voter turnout in new districts stocked with unfamiliar candidates.

Instead, he turned a somewhat hopeful eye toward 2016, when many anticipate the Democrats will ride elevated voter turnout in the presidential election and take the majority in the State Senate.

Since winning his assembly seat in 1996, Mr. Espaillat has labored to boost the voter turnout in the heavily Hispanic neighborhoods of Washington Heights, Inwood and Marble Hill, registering scores of new voters to both engage people in the democratic process and consolidate his own power base for his congressional bids.

Hawkins told the Associated Press that low voter turnout in New York and around the country shows there's room for an alternative to the major parties.

Levy says voter turnout in the city of Syracuse is key for Maffei, but a lopsided lead for Andrew Cuomo in the big race on the ballot, for governor, could keep Democratic voters home.

«When we did our voting rights report, «Mississippi on the Hudson,» we found that one of the most effective measures to removing barriers to voter turnout in New York is early voting.

New York had the eighth worst voter turnout in the United States during the November 2016 elections, according to Politifact.

County officials had regarded 2016 as the best opportunity to get a water fee passed on the ballot because of typically high Democratic voter turnout in presidential election years.

There is some concern that the wide gap between the Mayor and his challengers will mean low voter turnout in November.

The United States Election Project, with election numbers dating back to 1980, ranked New York state 14th lowest in voter turnout in 2016.

New York state has ranked near the bottom of states for voter turnout in most elections over the last few decades.

New York state ranked in the bottom 10 states for voter turnout in all but two elections over the last decade, according to McDonald's numbers.

Before 2016, New York state has ranked in the bottom half of states for voter turnout in all but one election during the last two decades, according to the census figures.

The hardest part about the race has been explaining to voters what a district leader even is then increasing voter turnout in elections that usually don't have high numbers.

Many jurisdictions require 25 % of voter turnout in the last election, which is frequently less than the ten per cent of all voters required under the proposed UK law.

To put it in context, Gray Davis» recall needed 12 % of voter turnout in the last election — which meant that the petition gathers needed less than five per cent of voters to sign.

According to him, the ruling party will witness a drastic reduction of voter turnout in the Ashanti Region, as well as in the Eastern Region which might influence their victory.

Newly reunited state Senate Democrats are calling on their Republican counterparts to support measures aimed at improving voter turnout in New York.

Dweck said that the goal of the campaign is to raise voter turnout in those strongholds by 3 to 5 percent.

HOOSICK FALLS, N.Y. — Hoosick Falls hasn't seen numbers like Tuesday's voter turnout in 15 years.

The low voter turnout in some recent elections is of concern to the Commission.

He said he was not discouraged by the history of low voter turnout in the Bronx, citing increasing poll numbers since 2010.

The state Senate Democrats, led by Senator Andrea Stewart - Cousins, unveiled a new report highlighting the shortcomings of the state's election system that led to an abysmally low voter turnout in the 2016 presidential election.

She was disheartened by the lack of voter turnout in this year's Democratic primary — where just under 13,500 people voted in a city with 34,229 registered Democrats.

«America Goes to the Polls 2016,» a report on voter turnout in the most recent presidential election.

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.

MANHATTAN — The fate of the State Senate and several offices likely hinged on two things Tuesday night: voter turnout in New York City and whether voters were willing to split their ballots and cross party lines.