Word: turnout
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Says he: "It sure creates lots of excitement, but what you are left with in the end is a big train wreck." Other party pros argue that the primary fight will guarantee a bigger turnout of Democratic voters in November and a stronger commitment to the party's nominee among those who do turn out. Says Kentucky Senator Wendell Ford: "It's like cats in the night. You think they are fighting and killing each other, but all you get later on is more cats...
...outpost of Roslindale's new Greek-American community; the walls are wood where they should be concrete; the concrete is peeling faster than the congregation is repairing. Inside the community center basement there is a small snack shop and about 30 tables covered in light blue grease cloths. The turnout is much smaller than it should be a couple of weeks before the election. About 45 Greek-Americans are sitting at the tables, chatting uniformly in Greek, and awaiting the candidate. There must be 300 donuts lying neatly arranged on the tables, but nobody has touched them. A young woman...
White created a strong coalition between heavy support from Italians, blacks, liberals and a strong minority vote from the city's Irish sections--South Boston, Dorchester, West Roxbury and Hyde Park. Timilty traditionally wins in the high-turnout Irish areas. He has never won by much; and the vote seems to be more anti-White than pro-Timilty. But the state senator lost nearly half his 1975 support there to School Committee President David Finnegan. Timilty needs these votes back in his column to have a chance tomorrow. Timilty must also pick up some black and liberal votes to counter...
...Timilty is not everyone's alternative to Kevin White. Safe money says not enough voters think he is their alternative. Even with the low turnout of a preliminary, White earned more votes in South Boston this September than he has ever earned there in a final election. He took Hyde Park this fall with the same number of votes that resulted in his losing the ward to Timilty in 1975. The mayor continues to have nearly unanimous support in the black and liberal wards and solid backing in Italian East Boston...
...turnout at the rally doesn't worry me," Sullivan said, adding that those involved in today's civil disobedience action are "intensely committed. They'll be there rain or shine...