While Estonia became the first country to permit the convenience of voting by both cell phone and over the internet, the moderate boost in turnout rates did not even come close to 19th century America.
Supporters, including Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Lt. Gov. Abel Maldonado, both Republicans, have been promoting the measure — Proposition 14 — as a kind of electoral panacea, saying it could encourage political moderates and increase turnout in primaries where hard-line candidates often win.
Turnout was moderate: 500, not counting musicians, which meant that no room ever got unmanageably crowded.
How did the moderate bloc galvanize voter turnout in the face of these obstacles?
Moreover, the relatively large turnout of moderate Arab states seemed to have more to do with fear of Iran than peacemaking with Israel.
Hopefully, we won't be eternally ruled by our past". In the end, turnout was moderate, according to preliminary numbers.
Even a moderate boost in youth turnout in the 2018 midterm election could have an enduring, long-term generational effect.
The fact the turnout was apparently moderate, despite dire predictions, was a tribute to voters' fortitude and ability to see beyond the quagmire of the campaign.
The turnout Tuesday was moderate by Greek standards, in part because many people, particularly students and civil servants, have left Athens for their villages for the summer break.
President Obama prevailed in 2008 and 2012, and Democratic U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Timothy M. Kaine won in recent years after running as consensus-building moderates and driving the base turnout.
