The poor don't vote all the time.
What most people didn't realize in the Western countries is that here its not a question of having supporters, its a question of getting these votes to the polling stations.
The participation in European elections was always not very exciting. People are very interested in European issues, but they don't see the person who is representing Europe.
This is a frightening statistic. More people vote in 'American Idol' than in any US election.
The general election's taking place today in Iraq, so I guess that means we're one step closer to being there for another 10 years.
Texas is not really a red state - it's just a non-voting state.
Unlike the U.S., Iran has no problems with low-voter turnout in elections; the last time, the government got the support of 110 per cent of the population.
The sight of allegedly sophisticated politicians parroting complete tripe trivialises and demeans government and it has to be stopped. It's played a significant part in public disillusionment with politics and has led to the absurd situation where more people vote for 'Strictly Come Dancing' than voted in the general election.
Hardly anybody in America pays attention to local elections.
In terms of winning the election, it's all about turnout and how we connect with the voter as to what it means in their lives to turn out to vote, to win the House, the Senate, statehouses, state governorships and the rest.
They believe the less votes the better. Republicans like to suppress votes because they believe they do better in small turnouts. Characteristically, Democrats would rather lose an election with a huge turnout than win one with a small turnout because we think that the values of democracy have to be placed above the interests of the party. The reason that Republicans are such failures at governing is because they place the interests of their party ahead of the interests of the country.
This is why I don't understand Democrats worried about turnout. They get the dead out every year. I mean, what's the problem? But if [Hillary Clinton] wins this, it isn't gonna mean anything to be a Republican.
In the U.S., it's all about turnout, which means you have to appeal to every single Democrat to get them to vote.
Mitt Romney got 59 percent of the white vote in 2012, considered by many to be a high-water mark with this demographic group. Can [Donald] Trump win a higher share of white voters than Romney and get more of them to turn out?
Increased turnout at the polls produces two secondary benefits: more definitive election results and an election that costs less per vote.
A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls.
I feel that one of the reasons Brexit happened was that people stayed at home rather than going to the polls.
If Barack Obama goes on to win the election, there will be plenty of ink and video spent on chronicling the historic nature of the turnout among young voters and African-Americans. But as important as both constituencies have been to Obama - particularly in the primaries - it's Hispanics that could be putting him over the top on Nov. 4.
Now [in 2016] I have the highest turnout in the state of Minnesota. And Minnesota is the highest turnout state in the country.
What makes me worry today is the alarming decline in the trust in democratic institutions - political parties, Parliaments, political leaders. Less and less people are going to the polls in most advanced democracies.
People in Scotland want the parliament but don't give a toss about the elections.
Leaving Europe in my mind wasn't the best thing; it's not the best way of having that political voice. But that's the only voice people in Britain could have. People turned out in their droves to vote, more than for prime minister. So it was huge and very divisive.
Are people who want this kind of progressive change not turning up at polling stations? Are they not voting for progressive representatives? It's hard to put your finger on why we are where we are.
All about midterm elections is turnouts. And turnout is measured by enthusiasm, intensity, how interested are people. And President Obama - candidate Obama had it on his side in 2008. The Democrats had it on their side in 2006. The enthusiasm, the intensity, the passion was all on their side.
Polling in a general election is pretty accurate, because turnout is usually high.
