voter turnout
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- noun
- /ˈvoʊtər ˈtɜrnaʊt/
:
participación electoral
- Despite Taliban threats, election observers are reporting high voter turnout, especially in cities.
- low voter turnout
- high voter turnout
- voter turnout in elections
Midterms often have very low voter turnouts.
- Midterms often have very low voter turnouts.
Examples
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Moreover, voter turnout has been falling since the 1982 elections, when it was almost 80%.
Academic text (2011) -
One sign that, after 14 years, it has not dissipated is the high voter turnout in elections.
Academic text (2012) -
First, however, let us bring the issue of voter turnout into focus.
Academic text (1998) -
In spite of low voter turnout, he won the election.
Academic text (2001) -
Well, I predict there will be a low voter turnout, and I think the vote will be close.
Blog text (12) -
We had an embarrassingly low voter turnout every year, which frustrated me to no end.
Blog text (13) -
During the last thirty years, the presidential election with the highest voter turnout was the 1960 Kennedy-Nixon contest.
Academic text (1992) -
And with over 78% voter turnout, the electorate has spoken decisively on this matter.
Blog text (2) -
The 2009 Afghan presidential elections were marked by low voter turnout, ballot stuffing, intimidation of opponents, and widespread electoral fraud.
Academic text (2012) -
In the 2000 election, their voter turnout was 12 points higher than the national average.
Synonyms
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3.8
The number of people who come to an event, meeting, or election
Surface Forms
Morphology
Both constituents ('voter' = person who votes; 'turnout' = count of people who attend or vote) combine compositionally to yield the meaning 'the number/percentage of eligible voters who participate'. This noun-noun compound follows a common, cross-linguistic pattern and would be directly understandable to a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
Voter turnout comes from the simple idea of people turning out to an event, where turn out means to 'show up'. So voter turnout is the number or percentage of people who can vote and actually 'show up' to vote.