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Voter turnout was considered high despite widespread concerns of violence. Voter turnout in Western countries elections (in %, starting 1900/1945; more details by clicking and seeing Wiki Commons description for the image). In political science, voter turnout is the participation rate (often defined as those who cast a ballot) of
The turnout remained low: in Lahore, the turnout was 30 percent of the listed voters, and in rural areas of Punjab it was much lower. On 8 December 1951 the North West Frontier Province held elections for Provincial legislature seats. In a pattern that would be repeated throughout Pakistan's electoral history, many of those who lost accused the ...
The campaign slogan (Urdu: حل صرف جماعت اسلامی, romanized: Hal Sirf Jamat-e-Islami lit. ' Jamaat e Islami is the only solution ' ) took social media by storm. Local polls suggested Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman is the most popular leader and 58% Karachiites want him to become the next mayor.
The obvious big question to be answered ahead is whether the low turnout rates will continue into the Nov. 5 presidential election. The website’s report ends with wise counsel for us all:
A growing gap in voter turnout across income, education and homeownership combined with the role of donations in politics has put the next election on course to be the most unequal in six decades ...
Social media platforms as channels for citizen discussions and for governments to reach audiences. Social entrepreneurship has seen a major increase in activity in recent years. One example can be seen from Eric Gordon and Jessica Philippi, who released a study on their interactive online game for local engagement called Community PlanIt (CPI ...
Social media have been championed as allowing anyone with an Internet connection to become a content creator [7] and empowering their users. [8] The idea of "new media populism" encompasses how citizens can include disenfranchised citizens, and allow the public to have an engaged and active role in political discourse.
The state also had a record number of young voters turnout at 57.2% of registered voters 18-29, surpassing the national average of 42%. Additionally, the number of registered voters has increased ...