He believes face-to-face interactions are the most effective way to increase turnout and that the game's success will depend on whether its players experience the same kinds of emotions via Facebook as older generations do through real-life conversations.

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This option is evidently proving to be an effective way to boost voter turnout, which was only 58 percent in 2003.

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Yet Mr Hollande cannot afford to be complacent, given worries about turnout and the potential for unpredictable three-way run-offs.

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I'm sure there is some room for improvement in the way the EU relates to voters - the very poor turnout in European elections tells us that.

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So turnout figures - and turnout figures from the different areas of Zimbabwe - will be the first indication of the way the result may go.

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After the unscientific and low-turnout two-part poll we conducted here last week, we now bring you a four-way tie for the best energy-related movie of all time.

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