If turn-out really is as low as predicted, what does it mean for democratic legitimacy?
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Even if only a fraction of them do, it could still be decisive in low-turn-out primaries.
Mr Gore brought an unprecedented turn-out in the party's core constituencies, blacks and women.
As the recent turn-out in the French election shows: give people a real contest and they will come out and vote.
But analysts say turn-out may be low as the country struggles with recession.
Any referendum, which Mr Blair will insist on holding, will face the problems of a low voter turn-out and a potential thumbs-down.
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The Ulster GP had faced financial difficulties but race organisers confirmed that Saturday's turn-out means it is safe, at least for another year.
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Base commander Group Captain David Cooper said he was delighted with the turn-out of local people and that the base was saved from closure.
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The signatories warn that turn-out in the elections, due to be held on 15 November, may well be the lowest in modern political history.
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And they claim that the fact the most votes are in this sense "wasted" contributes to the alienation from the electoral system and low turn-out.
In an election sure to be about strength of voter turn-out, it may not, as conventional wisdom instructs, be all about the economy after all.
He said that reports so far showed an increased turn-out and he refuted the allegations malpractice and poor administration made, and this year's scheme .
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However, Indian newspapers reported a low turn-out for Tuesday's vote, even though various parties had pledged their commitment to making the provisions in the bill become law.
The Electoral Reform Society has predicted a low turn-out while the Electoral Commission has its own concerns, including over the Home Office's planned advertising campaign.
The turn-out for the 1999 election was 39.4 per cent.
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Some sceptics doubt whether the Democrats in the new district will actually turn out to vote, since they are mostly blacks and Latinos, groups with notoriously low turn-out rates.
The relatively low turn-out of Scottish voters, 58% compared with 71% in the last election, shows that Scots still value the Westminster Parliament more highly than their new one.
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In addition to the prospect that its "Arab-Americans for Obama" effort is recruiting Muslim Brotherhood elements to enhance turn-out, the Obama campaign is trolling for voters in problematic places.
The race handicapper and judge, Frank Sims, said he was very pleased with the turn-out with over 60 swimmers taking the icy plunge in the early morning mist of central London.
So I think there will be a case for saying that there's a good deal of logic in having gone this direction if we see the turn-out having increased next Thursday.
Turn-outs in local elections, which even in good years were never much more than half the turn-out at general-election time, have fallen to as low as 22% of the electorate since 1997.
And perhaps even more worrying for coach Jose Mourinho was a crowd of only 24, 973 at Stamford Bridge, including a distinctly unimpressed owner Roman Abramovich - a miserable turn-out for a Champions League game.
The turn-out in the elections has been very high, up to 93%, reflecting enthusiasm for an important stage in the transition to independence and democracy, after more than 400 years of rule by foreigners.
If the weather is good and turnout climbs above 70%, the opposition may fare better. (Turn-out at the last polls in 1996 was 59.7%.) If the ruling coalition keeps a majority, Mori is likely to keep his job.
There had been a turn-out of sawyers, and Garland and three others, who were working there as knobsticks, were returning to Manchester (it being Saturday evening), when about half a mile from the new church, four men rushed from behind a cart going the opposite way, and which had concealed them, and attacked Garland and the others with bludgeons and rods of iron.
Their pupils come from the best-off homes, but they turn out 15-year-olds who do no better than the average child across the OECD.
As we've seen with Palm, announcing a hugely hyped product with no concrete launch path and no way to get dollars funneled in with pre-orders doesn't typically turn out well -- or, as well as it could have.
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He testified that after months of trying to develop an FBI-approved system to quickly recover the information, the White House found its solution Thursday morning and -- with the FBI's stamp of approval -- began the process that will soon turn out 25-30 tapes per day.
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