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...much to heart. "When he said he was confident that he'd win the election outright in the first round by capturing 50% of the vote, it told us again that you can only lead politicians so far," says Dresner. "The only real threat to victory was a low turnout, and Yeltsin helped depress it by giving voters a reason to take the day off. If they thought Yeltsin's victory was a done deal, as he himself had indicated, why bother voting...
...rapidly failing health. While a smiling, confident Yeltsin cast his ballot from a rest home outside Moscow, rumors that he continues to suffer a heart ailment persist. But for today, anyway, the Russian president was in full campaign mode, reminding Russians to get out and vote. A high voter turnout, which in many areas ran between 60 and 65 percent, was considered vital for Yeltsin's reelection. A smaller turnout would have helped Zyuganov, who has a stronger, more dedicated pool of supporters. Even Yeltsin's own advisers feared that Zyuganov could win if less than 60 percent of Russia...
...they come out on top as expected, Yeltsin and Zyuganov will go on to the runoff, probably on July 7 or July 14. Analysts will be watching the size of the turnout in the first round for indicators of the final result. The way they calculate it, a large total vote helps Yeltsin because Zyuganov's base among the hard-core disgruntled is thought to level off at 25%. In Round 2 of the campaign, the leaders will scramble to pick up supporters from the nine failed candidates. Yeltsin is expected to win backers from Yavlinsky, Lebed and Fyodorov, while...
...vote count starts, early reports predict only a modest turnout of Israel's Arab citizens; Shaath becomes nervous. "We need an 80% Israeli-Arab participation rate," he says heatedly ("we" refers to the Peres effort, and Shaath uses the word throughout the evening). To reach that goal the Palestinian Authority had urged Arab clerics and other trusted pro-Peres Palestinians to go door to door to push Arab Israelis to the polls. After a last-minute surge, 79% of them did vote, and more than 94% supported Peres. "Remember," Shaath says, smiling, "we don't interfere. But after this...
While some council members declared the election had granted Hyman and Rawlins a broad popular mandate, the low turnout in the election seemed to counter their claim...