Yes, they do. The question is whether they matter for the good or the bad. In this case, I am not certain of the answer.

On one hand, we got a much bigger turnout. Democracy is stronger when more people are involved. On the other hand, the additional turnout was from people who didn't care enough about the election to bother voting the first time around. I have to wonder how many of them knew enough about the issues or the candidates to vote intelligently and how many simply marked off any box just to be eligible for the prize.