PRESIDENT 99% reporting Kerry: 1,799,320 -- 53% Bush: 1,587,494 -- 46% Nader: 18,614 -- 1% NEW YORK -- KERRY Even Senator Charles E. Schumer's most loyal partisans did not predict the magnitude of his re-election victory over Assemblyman Howard D. Mills, which set state records for most votes, highest percentage of the vote and largest winning margin.
Kerri Milita, an assistant professor at Illinois State University who studies voting and elections, notes "people who vote will still turn out to vote by and large," regardless of enthusiasm.
Parliamentary elections last December showed that support for United Russia was strikingly low in a range of industrial regions surrounding Moscow — a fact that was lost amid reports of vote rigging and large antigovernment protests.
They vote, and in large numbers.
Older people vote, and in large numbers.
That election, probably the most bitterly contested since 1877, gave the Popular Front a narrow majority of the popular vote and a large majority in the Chamber.
To prevent potential unrest this year, the government suspended alcohol sales on Sunday, the day of the vote, and banned large public sporting and cultural events.
It makes little or no effort to win the African-American vote, gay and lesbian vote or labor vote, and offends large numbers of voters who are turned off by its religious right core.
The young grow up in homes in which the majority of parents do not vote and a large majority don't discuss politics.
And they asserted that the vice president might have even hurt himself among non-Cuban voters by appearing to pander to an influential group known for its voting strength and large campaign contributions.
