But the high voter turnout and election victory just put Sharif back on the map.
Direct popular vote would encourage parties to focus on increasing voter turnout among their bases.
Around Loveland the voter turnout is predicted to be as a low as 20 percent.
"The consensus seems to be ... that it's not increasing voter turnout, " said Bowser.
Some analysts opined that curiosity about new voting technology also contributed to high voter turnout.
University of Nevada-Reno political scientist Eric Herzik says voter turnout in Los Vegas is low.
Voter turnout in battleground states is 7% higher than the rest of the country.
But he said the low voter turnout was a "sobering lesson" for all the parties.
Greater numbers are the norm in presidential election years, when voter turnout is higher, officials said.
Voter turnout was 45%, dramatically higher than the 37% recorded at the 2007 election.
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The interior minister put voter turnout at 67% - slightly down on the first round.
In every presidential election since 1996, the voter turnout has increased significantly over the previous election.
Voter turnout was 44%, nearly double the tally of the last election in 1992.
Voter turnout across the country was high, he added, and the late surge a "national phenomenon".
Earlier, he said the low voter turnout was a "sobering lesson" for all the parties.
Still, voter turnout for McKinney was roughly the same as it was in her last three primaries.
All this was interpreted to mean low voter turnout and a high rate of re-election for incumbents.
John Edwards as his running mate, which was expected to increase Democratic voter turnout in the state.
But the election commission reported a national voter turnout of about 20%, a respectable, if disputed, tally.
Voter turnout was half what it was in 2009, when the seat was last up for grabs.
Then, states like Texas and Tennessee hoped to increase voter turnout by providing more chances to vote.
That widespread dissatisfaction appears to be showing up repeatedly in early voter turnout.
But the implications of either a markedly low voter turnout, or an outright upset, could give pause to conservatives.
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The key to great polling is to have the best voter turnout model.
In the end, the issue comes down to what can be done to increase Latino registration and voter turnout.
He says it showed a clear connection between ID requirements and voter turnout.
Voter turnout was 44.6%, the lowest ever recorded in an Osaka gubernatorial election.
The pilot was on Hawaii, the state with the lowest voter turnout.
With the parliamentary polls coming hot on the heels of April's presidential election, there have been concerns over voter turnout.
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