Sentence examples for drop in turnout from inspiring English sources
With a lower starting point, Hungary is the one exception to the general pattern, despite ongoing drop in turnout in elections held after 2000.
Alina Balseiro, head of Cuba's National Electoral Commission, said the drop in turnout reflected the absence of tens of thousands of Cubans who had gone abroad as a result of Cuba's relaxation of travel restrictions.
Heywood was a more run-of-the-mill affair, caused by a death rather than a defection, and the byelection drop in turnout coloured the result, as it so often does.
No party has ever governed alone in Slovakia since the country threw off its communist shackles.As the centre-right is dragged through the mud, Mr Fico is likely to gain from the ensuing drop in turnout, as are political novices such as SaS and other fresh faces.
Anna Maria Cancellieri, the interior minister, acknowledged that the drop in turnout and Mr Grillo's success indicated a grumpy mood.The technocratic government that Mario Monti, the prime minister, has led since last November was largely above the confused fray that in many places saw more than ten candidates running for a mayoral post.
But he gave a dire warning about the consequences for Democrats should Obama choose not to act swiftly and in broad terms, saying the costs would be considerably worse than the expected drop in turnout among Latinos and could result in people leaving the party.
The drop-off in turnout looks worse for Republicans since a higher fraction of voters — about half this year, compared to 37 percent in 2008 — are independents.
Nevada Democrats reasoned that since minority voters tend to drop off in turnout during non-presidential election years, turnout could be driven by giving minority communities candidates they could get behind.
Recently, the GAO examined voter ID laws and finds that out of ten studies, five had mixed results, four showed a statistically significant drop in voter turnout and one showed an increase in voter turnout.
The Guardian/ICM poll was designed to look into the drop in voter turnout over the past few decades.
Although the PD won back Calabria, a sharp drop in the turnout in Emilia-Romagna suggests the party's traditional supporters have similar qualms.
