Had only one been in the race, and assuming similar voting levels, that candidate would have consolidated around 42% of the vote: more than the first-place finisher, David Perdue, but not quite enough to avoid a runoff.
Derek Mackay, the Scottish local government minister and the SNP's council campaign co-ordinator, said the government would be introducing a new consultation on strengthening local democracy to find new ways of improving voting levels.
At the 2010 general election, only 55% of 25-34 year olds and 44% of 18-24 year olds voted but IF said an increase in voting levels by 10% could unseat 83 MPs.
He said low voting levels by young people were a source of concern: "Because what I'm very clear about is that we cannot let the politics of this country and this place be dominated by the politics and priorities of old people.
London Elects' map of voting levels across all 624 of the capital's wards in 2008 showed bands of high turnout in the suburban fringes of north and south London, with 57.9% of eligible voters going to the polls in Sutton, 54.9% in Richmond, 51.8% in Bromley, 48.9% in Merton and 48.2% in Barnet and Kingston.
In Cuyahoga (Cleveland) early voting levels are off 12.8% from 2012.
Several states and localities are seeing early voting levels well above 2012 records.
Although we do not have apples-to-apples comparison with mail ballots, Cuyahoga and the other urban counties are poised to exceed their 2008 early voting levels.
As a result, the early voting levels have skyrocketed: 3.5 million people have already voted as of Saturday in 2016, which is three-quarters of the 2012 early votes.
Ultimately the party will settle on a candidate and unite against Obama but the lowered enthusiasm level of one faction or another will likely lead to lowered voting levels.
Defying the party trends, early voting levels among voters who are not registered with a party (what North Carolina calls "Unaffiliated") is up from 2012 by 32,234 for a 28.6percentt increase over 2012.
