1.   Both are aware of public disgust with mudslinging, and know that they could deepen cynicism and depress turnout.

2.   Bush campaign officials argue that the projection depressed their turnout in those counties in the closing minutes, and that those votes may have been decisive.

3.   But now some officials fear that having both matters on the ballot may only confuse voters and further depress the turnout.

4.   Congressional Republicans are also plainly concerned that a continuing lackluster Dole campaign will depress Republican turnout and endanger their control of the House and the Senate.

5.   Controversy about negative campaigning often has the effect of depressing voter turnout, especially among marginal voters who are turned off by political tit-for-tat.

6.   His concern was that by giving the state to Gore, the networks could depress the turnout for Bush farther west.

7.   Republicans may avoid challenging some black incumbents next year as part of a strategy to depress turnout among black voters in their districts, Linder said.

8.   Snow blanketed northern New England, depressing turnout in Vermont and Maine, local officials said.

9.   Such a squabble could depress turnout, a grim prospect for Gephardt and for candidates like Brian Baird.

10.   The concern is that such predictions depress turnout and could affect not only the outcome of the presidential contest but also other races on the ballot.