Word: turnout
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Radio also boasted a sizable turnout: ¶Twenty-one million U.S. families listened to some part of the Democratic Convention. Homes tuning in averaged 6 hrs. 1 min. each. During the shorter G.O.P. week the total audience hit 15.6 million homes, for a listening average of 3 hrs. 23 min. per home. ¶Daily audiences ranged from 6.5 million to 13 million homes, averaging 10.2 million homes a day for the Democrats, 8.2 million for the Republicans. ¶Peak radio audiences (4 million) were clocked in during the early afternoon on the opening day of each convention...
...year 1956, the pulse of the nation was quickening to the fresh rhythms of the galloping campaign. Supporters of both parties were eager to be sold, and so were the independents. In many big cities, where voter registration was completed or still continuing, the totals foretold a bigger turnout in November than ever before-and therein lay a Republican sore point. For although figures were significantly higher for both Republicans and Democrats, the Democratic Party strength was increasing in many critical areas faster than the Republican. Item: in nominally Republican Philadelphia registration ended with 100,240 new Democratic voters, only...
...ties, Lawyer Trafton has much of the same boyish appeal that has worked so well for Ed Muskie, but is rated a poorer speaker. To beat Muskie in the celebrated "as Maine goes" Sept. 10 elections, he has his work cut out for him. Reason: the G.O.P. turnout for the primary that nominated Trafton was the lightest in ten years...
...optimistic, however, since the turnout for the team has been one of the largest in recent years. As in the past, however, only a few have had past experience at the game. Consequently, there remains a long time before the team will really shape...
...best-run towns in the U.S. is Midland, Mich., a trim, 50-year-old company town (pop. 24,000) where 86% of the houses are owned by employees of Dow Chemical and Dow Corning. In the 1952 presidential election, Midland boasted the highest voter turnout (81%) of any similar-sized U.S. community...