This contest is primarily a war of turnout in a dozen or so battleground states. |
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York University had an abysmal five per cent turnout, in part because in the previous year they hadn't had an election. |
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It also polls well under 5 per cent and could throw up the closest thing to a gerrymander if the previous election's turnout is repeated. |
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At the weekend 630 visitors were welcomed to the monthly open day, the biggest turnout for years. |
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The first official estimates from about a third of polling stations put the turnout at just over 50 percent. |
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The reason for the low turnout could be that the authorities' tough approach scared people away. |
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In reality, they do the bidding of party wheel horses in floating attack ads and underwriting voter turnout drives. |
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We have to maximise the turnout of ordinary rank and file members on the 19 June protest. |
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The high turnout was welcomed by both camps as a sign that whoever wins the battle will have a clear mandate to lead the party. |
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November 2 brought reports of a record turnout at the polls, almost 1.8 million Kentuckians. |
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In its mad rush to try to increase turnout, the Government has opened the door to widespread fraud. |
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The Golfing Society had a big turnout of members for their outing to Coolattin Golf Club and some excellent scores were recorded. |
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A beautiful sunny day with a fresh breeze greeted the large turnout and some excellent scores were recorded on the day. |
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All these groups concentrate their resources on increasing youth registration and turnout. |
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Unfortunately, despite considerable enthusiasm shown towards the initial concept, audience turnout was poor and the plug was regretfully pulled. |
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How are you going to get big voter turnout when everybody seems to think these elections are a big yawn? |
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He disputes the idea that higher turnout alone would change the outcome for any of these rematches. |
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Last week's meeting was literally a laugh a minute, with a great turnout once more of both members and guests. |
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A lot of credit must go to the people who have thought this event up and organised it, and people have responded with a very good turnout. |
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Montreal peace activists still can't stop talking about the record-breaking turnout of the Feb. 15 anti-war march. |
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Appallingly low turnout for the June elections showed that voters are apathetic. |
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Although thousands of people lined the pavements to salute the couple, the turnout was much lower than had been expected. |
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All the speakers called for the biggest possible turnout for the lobby of the Scottish Labour Party conference in Dundee on 4 March. |
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The Rotary International president said that the conference's enormous turnout was a testament to Rotarians' commitment to the cause of peace. |
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It looks like the turnout for today's General Election is going to be up on the last one. |
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This is just the second camp organised by this club and a turnout of 120 young children certainly augurs well for its continued success. |
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In his address he complimented the huge turnout and afterwards he and the priest cut the tape to set the walkers on their way. |
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The disappointing turnout was probably due to the regulations which restricted sheep movements in a bid to prevent scab. |
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Suckler cows with calves will also benefit from early turnout provided the fields are sheltered and dry and you take steps to prevent tetany. |
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The nut has won the argument and now we need to maximise the turnout in the ballot. |
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There was a low turnout in the ballot with just 30 percent of teachers voting. |
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The turnout for the ballot was 68 per cent, and of those, the vote was 2,947 in favour of action and 2,246 against. |
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I was really impressed with the turnout and would like to thank people for their support. |
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On their first day they sold out of what they had, not expecting the turnout they got. |
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But given the towering importance of this issue and how it affects millions of workers directly, the turnout was scandalously small. |
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There was also a large turnout of veterans in their green blazers and blue berets. |
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His sporting turnout on these local occasions was invariable a shell suit with pipe. |
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Basically that kind of a tepid turnout proved what we have known for some time, that Winnipeg is a minor-league town. |
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She said she was genuinely surprised by the size of the turnout, the presentation and the tributes to her. |
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Election turnout would be increased if citizens were convinced their vote would make a difference. |
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With three strong candidates in the running, many backroom organizers are predicting a heavy turnout for the election. |
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This year's federal election had a turnout of only some 60 per cent of eligible voters. |
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He expects a big turnout in the elections following the events of last year. |
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Remember, the turnout at the general election two years ago was just 59 percent. |
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Election turnout was 62 percent of registered voters, up some 5 percent from the 2000 state election. |
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She said the voter turnout in the coming elections would be between 50 per cent and 60 per cent at the most. |
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At 60.5 percent of registered voters, the turnout in Monday's election was the lowest in Canadian history. |
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The last general election saw the lowest turnout since universal suffrage was introduced. |
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The aim of the MP who imposed the postal vote upon Yorkshire, was to increase the abysmal turnout from previous elections. |
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In recent times, the voter turnout in elections has hovered around 50 percent, with young voters in particular staying away in droves. |
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The Southern Railway has always prided itself in its turnout and kept the rack section running despite the revenue deficit. |
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As in ballet, turnout is important, especially because of the crossover steps. |
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A physical therapist or orthopedist can evaluate your natural turnout by manipulating your hip joints in the passive position. |
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Kids with poor turnout tend to destroy their knees under rigorous training at a school that insists on turnout. |
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After a look at his turnout, she decided to take him on, provided he would commit to six hours a day in the studio. |
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With his bow-tied, moustachioed, immaculate turnout he seemed a figure from a bygone age. |
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All of the 650 items up for auction were sold with a huge turnout on site for the Wednesday event. |
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A source insisted there was a 25 per cent turnout of estate police on Friday and noted that this had put a strain on their on-duty colleagues. |
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The turnout, in fact, was nearly double that in the municipal elections a year ago. |
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But there was not a great enough turnout under the NUT's own rules to sanction a boycott. |
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I went to work today and it was a slower than usual day because the patient turnout was low. |
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Regardless of the briber's intentions, paying for turnout is illegal in federal elections. |
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Got back to the polling station, and the turnout was still bumbling along in its slow way, if much quieter than before. |
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We had a splendid turnout and it was lovely to see so many people taking part in all the activities and enjoying themselves. |
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He won a big majority on a low share of the vote in 1997 and enjoyed another landslide three years ago on a very low turnout. |
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So why is the voter turnout so low during the election that directly affects us all? |
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Frye's turnout surprised San Diego voters partly because, from a practical standpoint, the odds were stacked against her. |
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When we calculate turnout, we figure out how many active people there are in the entire population. |
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The Party's high command is now bordering on obsession in its concern over how to avoid a low voter turnout. |
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Something needs to be done to improve the percentage turnout but carrots rather than sticks should be the first approach. |
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Finally there was a large turnout at the toddler storytime on Thursday which was followed by a making bookmarks craft session. |
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By tee-off time at 10 a.m., two had fallen by the wayside, still leaving a record turnout for this Tuesday outing. |
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But forum member John Walsh, a retired chartered engineer, of Liden, said he was disappointed with the turnout. |
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We had so many pals and friends through art school that we usually got a good turnout anyway. |
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The lunchtime swim on Christmas Day proved to be a great success with a turnout of approximately 50 swimmers. |
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Supporters of the 97-year-old swimming baths were delighted with the turnout at the open day. |
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There is also a very inspired black voter turnout, which in fact is the swing vote. |
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The turnout was so good partly because of the weather and partly because the event is so well known now. |
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Monday there was a large turnout at the Galway Bay Golf and Country Club for a Golf Classic. |
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A key factor in the result was the large voter turnout, which ranged from 76 to 85 percent across the main electorates. |
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We had a super turnout from parents and they must have cooked about 1,000 fairy cakes. |
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And while the party wants the public to endorse the amendment, turnout may be a more accurate analysis of success than a yes vote. |
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I don't know if it was for lack of interest or lack of confidence in the current system, but the youth voter turnout was only marginally higher. |
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He could actually win if the turnout is low and led by conservatives who are sticking by him. |
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Her analysis demonstrates how off-cycle elections reduce voter turnout and amplify the power of organized interest groups. |
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These internal fissions, he surmised, explained the low voter turnout in traditionally Republican areas of the state. |
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There was a disappointing turnout for the launch of a new monthly five-a-side soccer tournament in Pewsey on Sunday. |
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Most of these pollsters have models based on a conventional election, not one in which turnout patterns move in one marked direction. |
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It was a social evening with a high turnout of regulars mixing, mingling and conversing. |
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There was a great turnout on their first night back and a full timetable of events has been planned, such as cookery classes and beauty courses. |
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The fact is that many anatomical problems cannot be fixed, whether it's poor turnout or flat feet. |
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A meeting for all members is being held on Wednesday to build the largest possible turnout in the ballot and to deliver a yes vote. |
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The postal ballot system proved successful with a 42 per cent turnout compared to 32 per cent last year. |
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There have been predictions that the total number of postal votes cast in this election could reach six million from a 26m turnout. |
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The Kilkelly native and former postman is a familiar face in the area and the large turnout emphasised his popularity. |
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Saturday's match saw a good turnout of players eager to get game time prior to the league season. |
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In centers of Democratic strength, the drop-off in turnout was more precipitous still. |
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A fine day was expected to increase the turnout on last year's vote, when day-long torrential rain kept many potential voters home and dry. |
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Key focus areas are voter turnout and participation, group voting behavior, the expansion of suffrage, and political realignment and dealignment. |
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Conventional wisdom had it that the higher turnout would favour the Democrats. |
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Fifty members of the golf club, including four women, participated in the tournament, with a strong turnout of spectators from the two chambers. |
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A record 80 pure-bred stallions were on parade and the biggest turnout of vintage tractors and other vehicles were on show. |
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Given the high cost of concentrates this winter the early turnout of cows to grass this spring is likely to be an important aim on many farms. |
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In the recent mayoral election in London, there was a small turnout of voters. |
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We got a really great response with amount of entries last year as well as the turnout of people on the night. |
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The turnout is crucial and both sides were canvassing frantically on Friday night to get electors to use their votes on the EU's Nice treaty. |
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To be fair there has always been this difference in the voting turnout and electoral participation. |
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The thinking behind the move was that it would electrify voters with a charge of democratic zeal, and translate into 60 per cent voter turnout. |
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It was probably the largest turnout for a gymnastic event in the United States. |
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Failing to do so imperils his chances by giving us nothing to be excited about, much less to work for and a likely dismal voter turnout. |
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I can tell you, I was in a very poor mood for quite a while due to the dismal turnout. |
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There was a terrific turnout and by all reports a very enjoyable night was had by all. |
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The players later took part in an exhibition game before a large turnout at a local middle school. |
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This year we felt the sculptors were more ambitious then ever and our 120 exhibitors were delighted with the turnout. |
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The first landed on doormats yesterday as part of the biggest ever all-postal voting pilot scheme which is designed to increase turnout. |
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The turnout was far smaller than the 250,000 Swazis who came to the last national gathering several years ago, where Mswati announced the appointment of a new prime minister. |
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Weather conditions might also impact negatively on voter turnout. |
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If this is anywhere near correct, it's an astonishing number, far exceeding the turnout of eligible voters in any recent American Presidential election. |
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There are equestrian facilities beside the house, including six looseboxes, a turnout paddock and a full-sized all-weather arena with rubber mulch surface. |
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At present, there's little more than a marker at a turnout from the road that runs along the broad Columbia River near a spot that was called Station Camp. |
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Players seemingly were hungry for a game as there was a large turnout. |
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Father Thomas Michelet, having accompanied the reliquary from Sainte-Baume to New York, was surprised by the turnout. |
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Instead of suppressing turnout, the law seemed to spur people to go to the polls. |
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How come the turnout is higher, if most of Netanyahu's staunchest opponents expect him to remain in office? |
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Scotland has delivered a bruising critique of its parliament, with the worst turnout for more than 150 years and a marked drop in support for the main parties. |
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Some of the assistance might come from a passel of supposedly independent satellite fundraising and voter turnout groups busily moving into the state. |
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The two percent rise in turnout in 2001 was largely the result of a trebling of the number of postal votes cast to six million due to electoral changes. |
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The union was unable to reveal the level of turnout for the ballot. |
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Reinvigorating the local, workplace and school Stop the War groups is essential to creating a turnout that really puts the screws on the government. |
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There was a good turnout and on the day that I attended there seemed to be a general feeling of opposition to the planned route through Millans Park. |
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Every dancer can say which leg gets more elevation and better turnout. |
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There was very high turnout in their provinces of Anbar, Nineveh, and Salahuddin. |
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Although the party's legislative caucus apologized for the low turnout of DPP members yesterday, they said they shouldn't shoulder all of the responsibility. |
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As per the Central Zoo Authority instructions, the mugger crocodiles were shifted to the Tirupati zoo, which is crippled by poor turnout of visitors. |
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The early-voter turnout, which figures to be heavily Democratic, is abnormally high. |
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Worse still, Texas had an anemic 32 percent turnout and Tennessee was close behind at 34 percent. |
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The result is safe seats that lead to apathy and voter impotence, leading logically to ever-declining voter turnout. |
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In any case, neither Steele nor Blackwell can exactly count on a huge African-American turnout to win the chairmanship. |
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He noted that the turnout promoting effect of a canvasser knocking on a door decays within ten days to be almost minimal. |
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The presence of initiatives has the power to increase turnout by as much as 9 percent in midterm elections and 3 percent in presidential election years. |
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It was a scene repeated at polling stations across America last week as an unprecedented wave of early voting signalled a potentially sharp rise in overall turnout. |
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Recent turnout has been massive, with over 150,000 people gathering for the ceremony even when there were torrential downpours. |
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The turnout was much higher than expected as millions of Iraqis stood in lines to vote, sometimes braving insurgent fire to reach the polls and cast their ballots. |
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Closing the voter registration gap and making polling places accessible are just the start to increasing the voter turnout of people with disabilities. |
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White breaches and black Napoleon boots complete the turnout. |
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And new evidence shows the cause is a turnout motivator for Democratic base voters. |
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But turnout tends to be far more variable in a midterm election and modeling become far difficult. |
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Given such a multi-vehicle car wreck, voters have understandably tuned out and turnout is expected to be extremely low. |
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Bucca must have placed his turnout coat protectively around several civilians, for it was later found still wrapped around them. |
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In 1922, voter turnout in Australia went down to fifty-eight percent. |
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In several villages and urban mohallas where the turnout was very low, as the day wore on the army frequently crossed the thin line between encouragement and coercion. |
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The turnout came in the face of a ferocious mid-winter cold snap. |
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They were part of a vast left-wing media conspiracy to depress GOP turnout. |
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This much-vaunted turnout operation turns out not to have deserved much vaunt. |
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This involves giving the first dose to calves at 3 weeks after turnout and repeat dosing every 3 weeks for a 12 week period where the white or yellow drenches are used. |
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If using the white drenches and the yellow drenches that have no persistency post dosing, the recommendation is to dose at 3, 6, 9 and 12 weeks after turnout. |
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There were thirty or forty people there, which was an excellent turnout. |
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A turnout of over 60 unlimited bangers, Jags, Granadas, hearses, and Yank tanks took to the road, in three heats with a final and a destruction derby. |
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John Fahey tried to varnish over the problems by citing family and work commitments as the reason for the poor turnout at a recent training session. |
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More than 10 million Floridians are eligible to vote and all the signs pointed to a high turnout, election officials said, reflecting the mood in the rest of the country. |
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Elections are subject to administrative pressure, some electors are directly leaned on, and counts are manipulated and turnout unconvincingly fixed. |
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The problem is that there is a chronic need to address poor turnout. |
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Due to poor promotion a less than adequate turnout was achieved. |
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What hammered Coakley in her race against Brown was the fact that turnout was so low in places like Fall River, where she won. |
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The turnout in the main Sunni areas was low, not above 16 per cent. |
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As a result, many scholars think of turnout as habitual behavior that can be learned or unlearned, especially among young adults. |
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The most important socioeconomic factor affecting voter turnout is education. |
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Within countries there can be important differences in turnout between individual elections. |
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In theory, one of the factors that is most likely to increase turnout is a close race. |
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Moreover, turnout rates remained constant in the last 50 years both in Appenzell Inner Rhodes and in Glarus. |
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Mitt Romney, were milquetoast candidates who depressed social conservative turnout. |
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Some countries have minimum turnout requirements for elections to be valid. |
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The opening game of the season brought only a small turnout. |
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The voting turnout was about 98 percent that exceeded the turnout records in most recent referenda. |
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This year's run-offs in Atlanta include the mayor's race, which should encourage a larger turnout. |
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An unrepresentative turnout makes for an unrepresentative result. |
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Ahmed Seddiqi and Sons' 65 years in watchmaking has certainly helped bring forth this high turnout of speakers and participants. |
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Barnesbury CC used the race to decide the club youth cyclocross champions, so the event saw a good turnout from the club's growing youth section. |
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So far the signs are that the turnout will disappoint the army. |
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He aggress that a higher turnout gives more legitimacy to the elected functionaries. |
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In 2012 Chechen authorities reported turnout at 99.55 percent. |
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Sons of Struth chief Craig Houston was delighted with the turnout of fans for the protest march between Kinning Park and Ibrox. |
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Such a turnout and participants of this calibre makes quizzing a wonderful experience for quizmasters. |
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Guaranteed turnout increase! Could use a male version though, for gay and femanons. |
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Strong turnout produced 1,201 delegates, including 303 clergy, 291 nobles and 610 members of the Third Estate. |
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Voter turnout and support for division was particularly strong in the Eastern Arctic. |
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On single track, when trains meet, the train that shall not stop often uses the straight path in the turnout, which can be left or right. |
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The Kop was built in 1906 due to the high turnout for matches and was called the Oakfield Road Embankment initially. |
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It was therefore incorrect to conclude that the relatively low turnout was entirely due to voter apathy. |
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In 2015, a study by Lahtinen and Wass suggested that low social mobility reduces turnout among lower classes. |
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The Senate is unpopular among the public and suffers from low election turnout. |
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Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election. |
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Differing methods of measuring voter turnout can contribute to reported differences between nations. |
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As a result, there have been many efforts to increase voter turnout and encourage participation in the political process. |
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Experimental political science has found that even when P is likely greater than zero, this term has no effect on voter turnout. |
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A high turnout is generally seen as evidence of the legitimacy of the current system. |
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However, some political scientists question the view that high turnout is an implicit endorsement of the system. |
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One study found that improving children's social skills increases their turnout as adults. |
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A 2016 study, however, found no evidence that weather disruptions reduce turnout. |
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When nations set fixed election dates, these are usually midweek during the spring or autumn to maximize turnout. |
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In addition to the twin study method, scholars have used gene association studies to analyze voter turnout. |
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Wealth and literacy have some effect on turnout, but are not reliable measures. |
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The United Nations Human Development Index shows some correlation between higher standards of living and higher turnout. |
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Populations that are more mobile and those that have lower marriage rates tend to have lower turnout. |
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Partisanship is an important impetus to turnout, with the highly partisan more likely to vote. |
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Conversely, adding barriers, such as a separate registration process, can suppress turnout. |
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The modalities of how electoral registration is conducted can also affect turnout. |
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The elimination of registration as a separate bureaucratic step can result in higher voter turnout. |
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States that have same day registration, or no registration requirements, have a higher voter turnout than the national average. |
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One of the strongest factors affecting voter turnout is whether voting is compulsory. |
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In Venezuela and the Netherlands compulsory voting has been rescinded, resulting in substantial decreases in turnout. |
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However, these tend to be complex electoral systems, and in some cases complexity appears to suppress voter turnout. |
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The dual system in Germany, though, seems to have had no negative impact on voter turnout. |
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Therefore, the need for time off from work as a factor in voter turnout is greatly reduced. |
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Many countries have looked into Internet voting as a possible solution for low voter turnout. |
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If there are many elections in close succession, voter turnout will decrease as the public tires of participating. |
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A second problem with turnout measurements lies in the way turnout is computed. |
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Over the last 40 years, voter turnout has been steadily declining in the established democracies. |
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Globally, voter turnout has decreased by about five percentage points over the last four decades. |
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During the same period, negative campaigning has become ubiquitous in the United States and elsewhere and has been shown to impact voter turnout. |
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A number of governments and electoral commissions have also launched efforts to boost turnout. |
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The election was characterised by higher turnout, possibly among younger voters, which may have contributed to Labour's increased vote share. |
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Belgium has compulsory voting and thus maintains one of the highest rates of voter turnout in the world. |
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Compared to countries with plurality electoral systems, voter turnout improves and the population is more involved in the political process. |
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They were disappointed at the turnout for their opening, but hoped that word would spread. |
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Election turnout in Sweden has always been high by international comparison. |
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The Electoral Commission suggested that there could be a severe drop in turnout as a result. |
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Even with humidex temperatures soaring into the thirties, the turnout was excellent. |
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Research results are mixed as to whether bad weather affects turnout. |
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There is research that shows that bad weather can reduce turnout. |
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Before the NFC Championship game, veteran bartender AC Cosenza cleared off abandoned seats left by dejected Patriots fans, he said there was a good turnout for the game. |
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Studies using game theory, which takes into account the ability of voters to interact, have also found that the expected turnout for any large election should be zero. |
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Variations in turnout between elections tend to be insignificant. |
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They suggest that genetics could help to explain why parental turnout is such a strong predictor of voting in young people, and also why voting appears to be habitual. |
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The firm says inappropriate text messages to Democratic and undecided voters were used in the eleventh hour to intentionally confuse and suppress voter turnout. |
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Once these errors were corrected, there was no longer any statistically significant association between common variants of these two genes and voter turnout. |
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Francis Fukuyama has blamed the welfare state, arguing that the decrease in turnout has come shortly after the government became far more involved in people's lives. |
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Lebanon's blogging community has in recent past shown its cattier competitiveness, which is why the supportive turnout Tuesday night was a testament to Khairallah's success. |
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The annual Southport 24 Hour Race, organised by the West Lancashire Yacht Club, is an endurance race of national standing, with an average turnout of 60 to 80 boats. |
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Assuming that low turnout is a reflection of disenchantment or indifference, a poll with very low turnout may not be an accurate reflection of the will of the people. |
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Rules and laws are also generally easier to change than attitudes, so much of the work done on how to improve voter turnout looks at these factors. |
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Making voting compulsory has a direct and dramatic effect on turnout. |
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This restaurant had a pretty good turnout for a Wednesday night. |
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Syed Ali Shah Geelani, senior leader of the hardline faction of the APHC, who also attended the seminar, said the election turnout did not behove the separatists in the state. |
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The exhibitors' turnout would therefore not do justice to the quality standard of Messe Dusseldorf or the interests of visitors from the retail trade. |
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The Coalition's Tate hopes to distribute 20 million during the 1998 election season, and he views the scorecards as a key to evangelical voter turnout. |
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In southern Afghanistan where the Taliban held the most power, voter turnout was low and sporadic violence was directed at voters and security personnel. |
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Reports suggested that turnout was lower than in the prior election. |
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Franklin argues that salience, the perceived effect that an individual vote will have on how the country is run, has a significant effect on turnout. |
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On the other hand, countries with a two party system can experience low turnout if large numbers of potential voters perceive little real difference between the main parties. |
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Political scientists are divided on whether proportional representation increases voter turnout, though in countries with proportional representation voter turnout is higher. |
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High voter turnout is often considered to be desirable, though among political scientists and economists specializing in public choice, the issue is still debated. |
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Supporters of Basescu were called upon by him and his former party to not participate in the referendum, so that it would be invalidated due to insufficient turnout. |
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In the 2001 General Election, the Labour Party won a second successive victory, though voter turnout dropped to the lowest level for more than 80 years. |
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As in many Western democracies, voter apathy is a current concern, after a dramatic decline in election turnout around the end of the 20th century. |
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Different countries have very different voter turnout rates. |
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Thus, turnout has to be calculated based on population estimates. |
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