The electorate focused almost entirely on the question of electoral districts.

In Tehran, the country's political heart and soul, less than a third of the electorate turned out.

Of course, electorates have been cheated, bribed, and blackmailed for as long as there have been elections.

The voting population is 57 female, and commentators speculated on the likely impact of women voters.

If an electorate doesn t rouse itself and hold its elected government accountable, it will be abused by that very government.

In 2008, it is likely that Latinos will make up 9 to 10 of the electorate, the highest share ever.

In Germany, the electorate seems poised to eject Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder out of discontent with his tepid allegiance to the neo liberal project.

It seemed that he was trying to hold the stick from the middle, hesitating between pleasing the MPs or upsetting the constituents.

According to the latest NBC News Wall Street Journal poll, your support among us, the electorate, stands at just 12 .

Playing divisive games with an electorate that is not deeply divided never succeeds for long.

But whether they belong to the extreme right or the communist left, they represent barely 20 of the electorate.

But they did not see the risk in letting them gain so much power, and so did not mobilize to block them.

However, a referendum in Italy requires 50 turnout to validate the outcome. Revealingly, the Vatican, knowing that it cannot win, is currently campaigning strongly for mass abstention.

In the case of Austria, Hitler's native soil, 99.71 of an electorate of 4,484,475 officially went to the ballots, with a positive tally of 99.73 .

Last month's American election saw the two sides throw facts, figures, interpretations, and counter interpretations at the hapless electorate.

Similarly, the latest polls in Italy suggest that the overwhelming majority of those who intend to vote are in favor of therapeutic cloning.

With opinion polls indicating that only 18 of the electorate was concerned with the Palestinian problem, Labor, the party of Yitzhak Rabin and the Oslo Accords, refrained from even mentioning the peace process, lest it alienate potential voters.

Indeed, after all that has happened, a majority of the US electorate continues to have confidence in Bush on national security matters.

This is one reason why Mubarak s call to hold a multi candidate presidential election failed to galvanize Egypt s electorate.

Nevertheless, at a time when finance is under a cloud, the party that defends the freedom of the financial gamblers over the freedom of the individual is winning favor with the electorate like no other.

Turnout for the parliamentary election was 40 , which puts Poland near the bottom in voter participation among the democratic nations of the world, and about 25 30 below the European average.

This explains why someone like Mubarak always received over 90 of the vote, albeit amid indifferent turnout.

The third key feature of the election was the emergence of a centrist constituency seeking to distinguish indeed, separate itself from the right.

In Mexico, López Obrador has both begun picking up in the polls in recent days, and showing his true colors, promising the stars and the moon to the Mexican electorate.

Despite the ubiquitous efforts of Fox News, President Barack Obama dominates, enthralls, and enthuses the audience of American voters consumers, workers, investors, one and all. He is, as one American commentator calls him, The One.

A parliament without a people inevitably increases the sense of frustration that many European voters feel about the process of making Europe wide policy choices in their name.

For 85 of the electorate went to vote in what has been the highest level of participation in presidential elections in France since Charles de Gaulle last ran for president in1965.

Kings Audience

The king turned his face about, and blessed all the assembly of Israel and all the assembly of Israel stood.

The king turned his face, and blessed all the assembly of Israel and all the assembly of Israel stood.

And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the congregation of Israel (and all the congregation of Israel stood )

And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation of Israel and all the congregation of Israel stood.

Financial markets have reacted as strongly as they have because investors recognize that the sovereign in sovereign debt is an electorate that can simply decide not to pay.

The problem is that the electorate will then get four years of rule by a chancellor, Angela Merkel, whose commitment to the neo liberal project is almost as strong as mine.

In particular, we assume an essentially homogenous electorate, so that even a low turnout does not involve any disadvantage for particular ethnic or cultural groups.

So, whoever wins the election will have a partial minority in the legislature for his entire six year term, and his legitimacy will be questioned by large segments of the electorate.

Jomhour writes

If this call to national duty is not enough, we would remind you of your own self interest. According to the latest NBC News Wall Street Journal poll, your support among us, the electorate, stands at just 12 .

The incumbent chief minister, Mayawati, whose Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) won an absolute majority last time by forging a rainbow coalition composed of her Dalit (formerly untouchable ) constituency and upper castes, was summarily ousted.

This explains why populist governments clientelism and corruption do not erode their leaders core support among the electorate. Such practices are perceived as serving a moral us at the expense of the immoral or foreign them.

Has the American electorate swung to the right? Are Americans now more concerned about values?

The Executive Council would be collectively responsible to the Legislative Assembly (and through it, to the electorate) for advice it gives to the Governor and for all actions taken by or under the authority of any Minister.

Within Germany, Merkel s demands have calmed the electorate, which was unhappy with the Greek bail out. They have also silenced the Social Democrat led opposition, which has no better alternative to offer the country.

Vancouver is a lovely city, and I would love to have the voters of British Columbia inside the US, because I think they would add much health to the American electorate.

Never mind that Congress has prohibited him from ever returning to Peru where he faces serious charges of corruption or that he can count on only 15 of the electorate to support him.