In the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 62. 9 % of the vote here ( 2, 583 ballots cast ), over Republican John McCain, who received 35. 2 % of the vote ( 1, 444 votes ), with 4, 104 of the 5, 185 registered voters participating, for turnout of 79. 2 %.

In the 2004 Presidential Election, Republican George W. Bush received 60. 9 % of the vote in the township ( 21, 888 cast ), ahead of Democrat John Kerry, who received around 37. 8 % ( 13, 596 votes ), with 35, 954 ballots cast among the township's 48, 235 registered voters, for a turnout of 74. 5 %.

Republican George W. Bush picked up 66. 4 % of the vote ( 16, 045 ballots cast ) in the township, ahead of Democrat John Kerry who received around 32. 5 % ( 7, 852 votes ), with 24, 152 of the 35, 217 registered voters participating, yielding a 68. 6 % turnout rate.

In the 2004 presidential election, Republican George W. Bush received 62. 4 % of the vote here ( 6, 826 ballots ), outpolling Democrat John Kerry, who received 35. 8 % ( 3, 921 ), with 10, 939 of 14, 249 registered voters participating, for a turnout percentage of 76. 8 %.

The proposal was rejected by 18, 768 ( 60. 8 %) votes to 11, 808 ( 38. 2 %) on a 35. 3 % turnout.

In the federal election, a total of 203 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 35. 0 %.

With an electorate of 5, 524, 384, there was a turnout of 35. 2 %.

35, 907, 015 of these ( 96. 16 % of the total voters ) cast their ballots in metropolitan France ( turnout: 85. 31 %), 1, 088, 679 ( 2. 91 % of the total voters ) cast their ballots in overseas France ( turnout: 69. 85 %), and 346, 310 ( 0. 93 % of the total voters ) cast their ballots in foreign countries ( French people living abroad ; turnout: 42. 13 %).

In the 2012 local council elections, the electorate turnout for Aberavon was 35. 84 %.

These elections were marked by a turnout of 35 %, the lowest of any Algerian election to date ().

It would be the biggest bout in terms of attendance and significance in Seattle's boxing history, as over 35, 000 fans would turnout to watch Seattle's Hostak and Tacoma's Steele battle for the middleweight title.

However because the province required 35 % turnout for the result to be valid, the city was merged regardless of the wishes of those who voted.

While 75 % of the turnout voted to demerge, only 28. 5 % of the total eligible voting population voted to demerge, falling short of the requisite 35 % as set by the province.

Voter turnout was 35. 2 % in the first round and 43. 6 % in the second.

In the federal election, a total of 178 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 35. 7 %.

For the 2012 local council elections, the turnout in Landore was 35. 10 %.

For the 2008 local council elections, the turnout was 35. 71 %.

In the 5 – 6 June 1993 elections, with a turnout of over 90 %, eight of Latvia's 23 registered political parties passed the four percent threshold to enter parliament.

Voter turnout was high, 83. 3 percent of the eligible voters voted.

Voter turnout in the 2010 general election with 65 percent.

* November 7 – U. S. presidential election, 1972: Republican incumbent Richard Nixon defeats Democratic Senator George McGovern in a landslide ( the election had the lowest voter turnout since 1948, with only 55 percent of the electorate voting ).

The result was a victory for the No campaign, with 55 percent of voters rejecting the treaty on a turnout of 69 percent, dealing a devastating blow to Chirac and the UMP party, as well as to part of the center-left which had supported the TCE.

Although the PNC government proudly proclaimed that 71 percent of eligible voters participated and that 97 percent approved the referendum, other estimates put turnout at 10 to 14 percent.

After passing the legislature, the amendments need ratification from at least fifty percent of all eligible voters of the ROC, irrespective of voter turnout.

The turnout for the election was extremely low, with only 1, 279, 688 people, or 48 percent of the electorate, casting their votes.

Observers noted that voter turnout in the elections was particularly low in comparison with past primaries, with less than 40 percent of the 128, 000 party members casting ballots.

After a mandatory 180-day promulgation period, the amendments are then to be ratified by at least fifty percent of all eligible voters of the ROC irrespective of voter turnout.

After passing the Legislature, the amendments need ratification by at least fifty percent of all eligible voters of the ROC irrespective of voter turnout.

One counterargument is that Nader's candidacy likely increased turnout among liberals and that Al Gore took four of the five states — and thirty of the fifty-five electoral college votes — in which the outcome was decided by less than one percent of the vote.

The immediate impetus for compulsory voting at federal level was the low voter turnout ( 59. 38 percent ) at the 1922 federal election.

Voter turnout soared during the Second Party System, reaching about 80 percent of the adult white men by 1840.

In a newly redrawn district, and due to low turnout, Stearns lost by only some 800 votes, or about 1 percent of the votes, cast in the primary.

In a major upset, Lewis defeated Prather by a 55-45 percent in an election with less than a 20 percent turnout.

At 60 percent, voter turnout was much higher than in previous years.

Although recognized as the official student governing body at UAF, ASUAF elections typically draw about 5 percent voter turnout, low when compared to local and state elections.

The Conservatives retained the seat in 2001 with a majority little changed on a low turnout despite Duncan Smith being the Shadow Defence Secretary at the election, with a below average swing to the Conservatives.

In March incumbent President Jagdeo won the election with a voter turnout of over 90 %.

In the 2004 presidential election, Ólafur was re-elected with 67. 5 % of the votes cast ( down from over 95 % in the only other time an incumbent has been contested ), but that election also saw a record number of empty ballots ( 21. 2 %) and an exceptionally low turnout of 63 % ( usually 80 – 90 %), both of which have been interpreted as dissent with the president's decision to not sign the media law.

He challenged incumbent Representative Roy Wier in a closely fought race that featured a high voter turnout.

New Hampshire has held a presidential primary since 1916, but it did not begin to assume its current importance until 1952 after the state simplified its ballot access laws in 1949 seeking to boost voter turnout, when Dwight Eisenhower demonstrated his broad voter appeal by defeating Robert A. Taft, " Mr. Republican ," who had been favored for the nomination, and Estes Kefauver defeated incumbent President Harry S. Truman, leading Truman to abandon his campaign for a second term of his own.

the slope could indicate a systemic bias in voter turnout favoring bush ( the incumbent ), but this stands in contrast to anecdotal evidence that the situation is actually the reverse, visual evidence of long lines in highly democratic precincts, and more quantitatively, statistical evidence that this effect actually becomes stronger when adjusted for historical average turnout, as shown by http :// en. wikipedia. org / wiki / File: Ohio_vote_mult. jpg

The victory of incumbent president Jorge Branco de Sampaio was never in doubt and the turnout was therefore quite low ( 49. 71 %).

Voter turnout was 83. 7 % in Denmark proper, 37. 6 % in the Faroe Islands and 61. 8 % in Greenland ( although only of its two constituencies was not contested as the incumbent was re-elected unopposed ).

This time, Giuliani ran a more effective race, riding to victory on a wave of discontent with incumbent David Dinkins, with even stronger turnout among ethnic Catholics and Jewish voters than in 1989, and in the same areas where D ' Amato had done well a year earlier.

She ran in Iqaluit West, which had the highest voter turnout at 90. 2 % but was defeated by incumbent MLA Paul Okalik by 44 votes.