Sentences with phrase «voter turnout rates»

Compared to other states New York has low voter turnout rates and is one of a minority of states that still doesn't allow early voting.

Critics of the state's election laws say the antiquated and hard - to - understand rules are the main reason why the state regularly has one of the lowest voter turnout rates in the nation.

In downtown Syracuse, local residents are working to improve voter turnout rates through a series of educational workshops.

Good government groups have long pushed for the change, noting New York's historically low voter turnout rates and saying that a more flexible voting system might help.

The simple fact is we've let New York's election laws atrophy, and we now have one of the worst voter turnout rates in the country,» said State Senator Brian Kavanagh, Ranking Member of the Senate Elections Committee and sponsor of early voting legislation.

Andrea Stewart - Cousins, the top - ranking Democrat in the New York State Senate, claimed New York state has one of the lowest voter turnout rates in the country.

Importantly, my run was part of a coordinated county - wide effort in which Democrats picked up several seats and literally doubled the voter turnout rates over those of the same elections in 2015.

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.

New York has one of the lowest voter turnout rates in the nation and that should embarrass 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 data.

Disenfranchisement is a pretty rare political tactic on either the left or the right outside the United States, which has close to the lowest voter turnout rates among places that have genuine democratic elections.

New York's younger voters — those between 18 and 29 — had a voter turnout rate of 42 percent, lower than the national average as well.

Anyone curious about why Stephen Harper's Conservatives seem so eager to please older voters need only consider the following data from Statistics Canada: In 2011, the voter turnout rate was about 50 per cent among people aged 18 to 24, a few percentage points higher among 25 - to 34 - year - olds, but leapt to 70 per cent for 45 - to 54 - year - olds, and crested at a remarkable 82 per cent among potential voters between 65 and 74.

Not exact matches

The complaint alleges that out - of - state voters were allowed to vote, and questions the integrity of results from Jefferson County, which is 43 % black and saw a 47 % turnout rate, which Moore called «highly unusual» — i.e. higher than expected.

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.

Faced with this primary field, from the very beginning the campaign's senior staff placed an emphasis on reaching unregistered voters and those groups who historically have had low rates of voter turnout.

What do voter turnout and teenage pregnancy rates have in common?

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.

In contrast, the state chapter of the League of Women Voters said early voting could help improve New York's «abysmal rate of voter turnout,» while adding that counties shouldn't bear the cost.

A report released Monday by the good - government group Citizens Union argued the current system for redistricting, dominated by the Democratic majority in the Assembly and Republicans who control the Senate, has led to less - competitive elections, reduced voter turnout and, over the past four election cycles, a 96 percent re-election rate for incumbents — who are returned to office by an average margin of victory of 61 percentage points.

Without parties, he said, there would be no one to mobilize minority and low - income voters, and turnout rates would drop.

Additionally, by - elections usually have lower turnout rates and are often used as a way for voters to protest against the current Government, making a Conservative victory in the general election more likely.

So, why do some states — like Mississippi, Minnesota, and Wisconsin (which had the highest voting rates)-- have higher voter turnout?

New York State, for example, which has had lower than the national average voting rates, has low turnout rates from its younger voters.

The women lawmakers say that while the goal is increasing turnout rates for all voters, early voting would be particularly helpful for many women who must juggle work and family obligations.

Twenty years after students participated in the program, John Holbein, a researcher at Princeton and the new study's author, matched Fast Track participants — now adults — to state voter files and found that those in the intervention group voted at a rate 11 to 14 percentage points higher than their peers in the control group, a significant boost considering that get - out - the - vote programs typically boost turnout by only 1 to 4 percentage points.

Despite unprecedented efforts to mobilize younger voters for the 2004 presidential election, the turnout rate in the 18 - 24 age range was still only 45 percent - higher than in 2000, but nonetheless just at the average through the 1970s and 1980s.

If Trump can rally this segment of the population, one that does not traditionally have high rates of voter turnout, perhaps he still has a chance of victory this November, but I hesitate to share his confidence that he will «win easily.»