Sentences with phrase «worst voting turnout»

«Unfortunately, New York consistently ranks as one of the worst voting turnout states in the nation,» Stewart - Cousins said.

Stewart - Cousins said «New York consistently ranks as one of the worst voting turnout states in the nation.»

«New York consistently ranks as one of the worst voting turnout states in the nation,» Stewart - Cousins said.

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New York's voting laws are among the worst in the nation: we rank 41st in voter turnout.

«New York ranks consistently as one of the nation's worst in terms of voter participation, driven by state laws that create obstacles to voting,» said Megan Ahearn, program director for the New York Public Interest Research Group, «Much of the rest of the nation has developed practices that improve voter turnout.

In other words, I'm interested in the elections where the main / only reason one can assume for the low turnout is voter apathy / bad set of choices to vote for / general - low - election - participation culture.

Like ComRes, they noted how the past relationship between stated likelihood to vote and actual turnout had got worse since the last election.

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.

Ukip's voting and turnout records, the Lib Dems say, are worse than any other party in the European parliament.

New York state had the third worst turnout in the country, with only Texas and Indiana having a worse record, according to a 2015 report from NonprofitVOTE, a nonpartisan organization that advocates and studies voting trends in the U.S.

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.

Compulsory voting (not a bad idea when you look at declining voter turnouts in other Western democracies such as Canada.)

This year I'm a little more resigned — still amazed at the even worse voter turnout — but resigned that a rant will not get you to vote.