Sentences with phrase «with poor turnout»

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.

Not exact matches

Wills» District 28 is relatively poor and heavily African - American, with typically low - voter turnout.

Perhaps most important of all, will be mobilising social groups with low electoral turnout but which are likely to favour centre - left policies, such as the poor and the young.

With a strong ground game and poor turnout, Warren and Gantt were able to buck the local committee and polling projections to win the primary and ultimately the seat.

Current conditions are so favorable for the GOP — including the president's poor poll numbers, the states with Senate races, the lower turnout of Democratic groups in midterm elections, the quality of this cycle's Republican Senate recruits and the daily dose of negative news that should help the party not holding the White House — that Republican Senate gains of fewer than six seats would be a punch to the party's solar plexus.

Voter turnout was poor, with only 9.1 per cent of voters accredited cast their vote.

However, turnout increases unequally, with very different results among the rich and the poor.