Sentences with phrase «which voter turnout»

Well, it's two days before the primary, one in which voter turnout is expected to be very, very low.

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.

Not exact matches

NextGen Climate, which has a well - funded super PAC dedicated to electing lawmakers dedicated to halting climate change, launched a «text - banking» voter - turnout program late last year that attempted to motivate potential voters to show up to vote by sending personalized texts from actual organizers encouraging recipients to respond and start a dialogue.

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.

«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.

Less than half the state's eligible voters bother to register, but Mormons almost always do, which gives them about a quarter of the likely turnout.»

Her staff also understand the power of online advertising to deliver specific messages to the right voters, which will work to boost turnout among groups who've been the target of Trumpian attacks.

This is exacerbated by the political campaigning process in the United States which favors extremism, and low voter turnout such that the most passionate and motivated voters - generally the most extreme - are the most represented.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Weprin may well come out ahead once the votes are counted: He'll be able to count on superior resources today to pull voters to the polls, which could be decisive in a low - turnout special election.

This allowed the party to send its most dedicated volunteers into key seats, in which data had identified specific voters whose turnout could swing the contest.

There are signs of a high turnout among Hispanic voters, which is believed to favour Mrs Clinton.

That poll put city voters at 25 percent of the total turnout, compared to 19 percent in this weekend's survey, which showed both candidates at 48 percent.

Democrats hope the change of guard will stimulate voter turnout, but many polling locations throughout the city have been moved, which could possibly discourage some voters.

That claim was angrily rebutted by the «yes» camp, which pointed out that the BNP are opposing reform and rely on low voter turnout to win elections - something which would be made more difficult by AV.

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.

In the 1976 presidential election, voter turnout dropped 1.6 % which isn't really significant.

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.

The turnout in the NYC mayoral primary hovered just above the worst in modern history, which came in 2009 when just 11 percent of voters bothered to show up in the primary that Bill Thompson won.

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.

Turnout was low in Kumasi - only 66 % voted which was terrible and so there's now going to be a lot of campaigning against voter apathy to get everyone here to go and cast their ballot.

In the second Quinnipiac poll, on August 14, when Spitzer went out to a big lead, he increased his margin among black voters, but that advantage was magnified by the poll's black - turnout projection, which went up in the second poll, it was 35 percent.

[168] A final theory, put forward after the election, was the «Lazy Labour» factor, which claimed that Labour voters tend to not vote on polling day whereas Conservative voters have a much higher turnout.

The turnout hovered just above the worst in modern history, which came in 2009 when just 11 % of voters bothered to show up in the primary that Bill Thompson won..

New York state, which has the fourth most registered voters among states, historically does not have high voter turnouts, the Westchester Democrat said.

DiNapoli, who was previously backed the Civil Service Employees Association, has long been supported by the state's labor community, which in turn has helped his voter turnout operation.

The date — which coincides with the presidential primary election in New York State — was chosen in order to both «maximize voter turnout and minimize the cost to taxpayers,» according to the governor.

Skoufis says the problem is that some of the issues that resonate with young voters are not campaign issues on the local level, which makes increasing young voter turnout during off - election years even more challenging.

Turnout can be respectable in special Senate elections — in 2007, the last time there was on in Nassau, it was about a quarter — but it's difficult to imagine a scenario in which the decision over who gets to go to Albany inspires voters more than who gets to go to the Oval Office.

The Thursday primary, which will undoubtedly drive voter turnouts to new lows, was at least done in respect to Tuesday, Sept. 11, a date that will forever live in infamy.

Buoyed by low voter turnout and an effective ground operation, Republicans picked up two Southern California seats and held a slim lead in another Bay Area district, which was considered the top priority of the state's labor unions.

It's thus likely that if one party's voters feel significantly more motivated than the other's than that party would win regardless of which of the two polls more accurately captured likely voters» feelings (both estimated roughly equally turnout among the two parties).

The new election date coincides with the presidential primary date which Cuomo chose hoping to maximize voter turnout and reduce the cost to taxpayers.

But this year, the party can not afford to execute a robust voter turnout program, which could make a difference in tight races where Democrats hold a financial and organizational advantage.

Republican Elections Commissioner Helen Kiggens Walsh thinks it'll be a struggle to get more voters out this year than two years ago, which was the lowest turnout ever.

For an upset to occur there has to be abnormal voter turnout, which is a problem for predictive modeling.

But divisions between the newer Dominican and the older Puerto Rican communities — the latter of which Mr. Rangel has represented for decades — coupled with strong turnout among black voters allowed the incumbent congressman to twice quash challenges from Dominican - born State Senator Adriano Espaillat.

Cuomo said the purpose of the bus tour was to help inform women voters that abortion is a campaign issue this year, and help increase female voter turnout statewide for the Women's Equality Party, which he said he hoped would become a political force in Albany this November.

«You overlay that with the lousy system of running elections in general — which is, voter registration laws are cumbersome, we have a closed primary system, getting on the ballot is difficult — and as a result New York has anemic voter turnout, one of the worst in the country.»

Cuomo says it's likely that separate primary elections, which are estimated to cost as much as $ 50 million dollars each, will also likely result in lower voter turnout.

Among the key reasons cited by the Assembly and the ECA for adopting a June primary date are that, in their view: an August primary would result in reduced turnout because many voters vacation during that month; identifying and training sufficient poll workers would be very difficult during a prime vacation period; schools, which are often used as poll sites, are frequently closed and unstaffed during the summer; and that, given the myriad tasks that must be completed to prepare and transmit ballots, as well as the inevitable delays caused by administrative challenges, machine malfunctions and counting of paper ballots, setting a June date would ensure better compliance with UOCAVA's 45 - day ballot transmission requirement.

«As the public gets more turned off you can see it in the voter turnout numbers, interest groups wield more clout, which further alienates the voting public.»

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.

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.

That is the biggest threat to his «leadership», which is based on onscurity, misinformation, nepotism and low - voter turnout.