Sentence examples for turnout held from inspiring English sources
Turnout held up against miserable, rainy weather and the absence of 9,000 of the 68,000 voters, including some 5,000 students from Hull's two universities who have left for their summer break.
In Scandinavia, by contrast, where class-based parties are still relatively strong, turnout has held up much better since the 1950s.Running out of membersIt is not only voters who are turned off.
A5 World Briefing A8 NATIONAL A9-12, 16 Turnout May Hold Key In South Carolina Today Strategists for Gov. George W. Bush and for Senator John McCain predicted that the turnout for the Republican presidential primary would far exceed the record of 276,000 who voted four years ago.
They hope to increase turnout by holding almost all of the meetings in schools and other public buildings.
With polls showing the race to be effectively tied in New Hampshire, Mr. Obama needs a healthy turnout to hold off Mr. Romney.
But if these turnout patterns hold, Clinton is set for an enormous victory in the state, which would all but clinch her path to the presidency.
But polls in recent weeks have shown Trump up in Iowa by more than one point, so if these turnout patterns hold, VoteCastr's model would suggest an underwhelming performance in the Hawkeye state for Trump.
Rising education levels typically would lead to greater turnout, but other factors of youth and geography have held turnout down, the report found.
With a lower starting point, Hungary is the one exception to the general pattern, despite ongoing drop in turnout in elections held after 2000.
In 2008 a new constitution was foisted on Myanmar in a "referendum" that claimed 93% support and 98% turnout in a vote held days after Cyclone Nargis had devastated the land.
