”At 11:00 a.m., voter turnout in the country was 10.4%, which is slightly higher than that of the previous elections at the same time (10%)”, commented Petko Petkov, executive director of the agency “ Gallup International”.
„The time change may also be a factor in the voter turnout rate”, said Dimitra Voeva, a political scientist from the sociological agency Trend.
„In the late afternoon, the guidelines for the specific political campaign take on a clear outline, and only then can we talk about whether the voter turnout is low or high,” Petkov also said.
In his words, when activity is higher, statistical and sociological methods are much more reliable and accurate.