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turnout
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turnout [′tərn‚au̇t]
(engineering)
A contrivance consisting of a switch, a frog, and two guardrails for passing from one track to another.
The branching off of one rail track from another.
A siding.
(mining engineering)
To shovel coal toward the track for more convenient loading.


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Only two mayoral primaries since 1977 had lower turnouts - former Mayor Tom Bradley's 1989 re-election primary against Councilman Nate Holden with a 24 percent turnout, and former Mayor Richard Riordan's 1997 re-election primary against Tom Hayden with a 26 percent turnout.
In Canada, where 80% plus turnouts were normal just a decade ago in federal elections, and 70% or more in provincial elections, voter participation is heading downward.
In which year were the voter turnouts of the 45-64 and 65-plus age groups almost identical?
 
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