Sentence examples for poll turnout from inspiring English sources

Poll turnout, as a result, was low.

The steady decline in poll turnout, from 63% in 1979 to a miserable 43% five years ago, suggests a growing number of potential voters have come to the conclusion that there isn't one.

Notable for their failure to catch the public's imagination were Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg's hopes for reform of the House of Lords, while Conservative hopes that voters would feel more enfranchised by being able to elect local police commissioners resulted in the lowest poll turnout ever.

Here's some real talk, from the National Review's Jim Geraghty: "Easily overlooked fact: 2007 Ames straw poll turnout was 14,302; Romney won with 4,516.

Public contempt for politicians is now reflected in low poll turnouts.

Speaking on ABC Radio in Melbourne on Monday, the opposition spokeswoman on family, Jenny Macklin, predicted a high pre-poll turnout – as many as two in five.

For the Westminster and Holyrood polls, turnout is at least 20% greater than it was in May.

One recent Ipsos Mori poll suggested turnout could even fall to 15%.

But in 1995, the last time Scotland's councillors were elected in a standalone poll, the turnout was just under 45%.

In part, he is resisting journalists' "gotcha" tactics; in part, he is just avoiding difficult questions.Although he has won three elections as governor, none was held at the same time as a presidential poll (when turnout usually leaps).

An exit poll put turnout at around 20% - far below the 60% required for the poll, which was called on the basis of an opposition petition.