1.   Or did the high turnout suggest a letting off of steam after three intense years of flood recovery?

2.   There was an unusually high turnout in the election, nearly twice the number predicted.

3.   The high turnout was an affirmation of the importance that the voters attached to the election.

4.   A high turnout was reported at the polling booths.

5.   At the time, gay rights advocates attributed that outcome to the high turnout among Christian conservatives in the state.

6.   Barnes was buoyed by an apparently high turnout, especially in predominantly black areas.

7.   Bentsen, whose uncle, former Sen. Lloyd Bentsen is a South Texas native, also hopes to benefit from high regional turnout driven by the local contests.

8.   A high Democratic turnout might help Democrat Bob Wilson Jr., a former state senator who is facing the favored Republican, Robert Aderholt, a municipal judge.

9.   A high turnout nationwide would raise the number of votes necessary to meet that minimum, said analysts.

10.   A high turnout of voters was reported across the country, with long lines at many polling places.