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The key to all elections is turnout - and the relatively tiny number of swing voters.
But the White House knows that at this stage of the game, it's not about war talk, tax cuts, or even big fund-raising dollars -- now, it's all about voter turnout.
But this creates a puzzle: What is suppressing the turnout among all those conservative Hispanics?
While Harris scored more favorable reviews for his performance, the paltry turnout was all but unavoidable thanks to the little-watched programming the telecast honored.
With all ballots counted, turnout was about 14.9%, BBC research showed.
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Voter turnout across all race and ethnic groups fell for a second consecutive presidential election, from 64 percent in 2004 to 62 percent in November, according to the census figures.
One thing we know is that when races look to be too close to call, it will all come down to voter turnout.
Turnout was low all across the country but voters were particularly scarce in northern Jaffna and Vanni districts, the areas worst affected by three decades of war.
But Jean Le Sieur, executive producer for newsmagazines and talk shows at France 24, tells us that the most impressive number of all yesterday was probably the turnout.
In the Minneapolis, Minnesota, suburb of Bloomington, a high turnout of voters depleted all the available paper ballots for the hotly contested U.S. Senate seat.
All-postal votes have seen turnout rise significantly in the trial areas, although critics have raised worries about fraud and complaints that people should be able to choose how they vote.
As in other states, the Latino population in Texas is younger, poorer and less educated than the general population: all these characteristics correlate well with low turnout.
All this was interpreted to mean low voter turnout and a high rate of re-election for incumbents.
All the polling information suggests a very low turnout, possibly under 20%.
It all depends on how much enthusiasm matters for turnout this year.
All parties have expressed concern over the low turnout - Local Government Minister Hilary Armstrong said "I hate the low turnout" - but the Labour government has said it will go ahead with proposed plans in line with the landslide 'Yes' vote.
Above all, Mr McCain is hoping that voter-turnout will be high.
But he said the low voter turnout was a "sobering lesson" for all the parties.
Earlier, he said the low voter turnout was a "sobering lesson" for all the parties.
The push could help voter turnout in a year when the governor and all 120 legislative seats are up for election.
And the turnout models are very, very different in all these polls.
The 2005 NRW election gave rise to the Left, exhibited low voter turnout, and left the traditional catch-all parties straddling right-and-left of center.
The result was a huge rural turnout that unseated the incumbent Democratic senator and governor against all expectations.
Based on all its October polling, Gallup suggested that this year's turnout might be 36% Republican to 35% Democratic, compared with 39% Democratic and 29% Republican in 2008, and 39% Republican and 37% Democratic in 2004.
If turnout does slip, though, it's not necessarily all bad news - if society is moving away from the era in which voters were determined, above all, to ensure the "other side" didn't get in, should we be worried?
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Political experts and fellow candidates said the super PAC money made all the difference, particularly in an election with a short primary and low voter turnout.
In his victory speech, Mr Lloyd said that while he wanted to "thank all the people in Manchester who took part in the election", the low turnout for the ballot had been "an affront to the proper function of our democracy".
In all, Mr. Romney appeared to benefit from a favorable electorate, with a heavy turnout of older, more affluent and more highly educated voters.
But special elections are won and lost on turnout, and GOP operatives wisely sensed early on that an upset was possible if all of the planets aligned perfectly.
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