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.
Come November, can any Republican beat the young-voter turnout machine known as Barack Obama?
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.
Will bad weather wreak havoc on Wisconsin voter turnout in the Republican and Democratic primaries?
That's a big gamble for the sake of trying to stir up election-year minority voter turnout.
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.
It banned such things as poll taxes and literacy tests that had long suppressed black voter turnout.
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.
Now, of course, the question is will this higher voter turnout last beyond Obama being on the ticket?
Voter turnout reportedly reached 94%, though little information was made available about the candidates or what they stood for.
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.
ECONOMIST: Reformists will struggle in the presidential race in Iran
Voter turnout was the highest in 24 years for Catalan elections, officials said.
CNN: Ruling party in Catalonia region loses seats in parliament
应用推荐