Explain the term 'turnout' used in the extract (line 2).

Turnout can be defined as the percentage of eligble voters who have casted a ballot on an election. Turnout can differ based on types of elections, such as Mayoral elections recieving roughly 30-40% of a turnout, whilst General elections can be significantly higher between 64-70% of turnout. This variation can be due to a number of factors including voters being disinterested due to the scale and impact a certain election can have on them. An example of this has been the 2001 Labour landslide election where turnout was unusally low, thought to be due to the satisfaction of the Labour government being high.

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