1.   Because midterm elections rarely attract big turnouts, surveys of likely voters take on added weight.

2.   A big local turnout would help people who work at the ballparks selling souvenirs and concessions, but no one expects to make up the losses.

3.   A big turnout of Democrats and independents propelled McCain in New Hampshire.

4.   A military hand has clearly been at work in organizing the referendum campaign and arranging for a big turnout on voting day.

5.   Buchanan, who was drawing no more than two dozen spectators to many of his Iowa appearances a month ago, was buoyed by the big turnout.

6.   But Ashcroft also relied on big turnouts and deep support from the overwhelmingly white rural and suburban areas of the state, particularly in southwest Missouri.

7.   Carville conceded that Perot might spur a big turnout in a petition rally in the capital.

8.   Conservative down-ballot hopes, including continued Republican control of the State Assembly, are pegged on a big turnout to pass the anti-affirmative action initiative.

9.   Even five years ago, he said, it was difficult to get a big turnout, because of competition from other intellectual events.

10.   Good weather helped produce a big turnout.