Sentences with phrase «better in presidential years»

«These are places where Democrats do better in presidential years.»

In 28 of these, Democrats performed better in the presidential year.

Not exact matches

He's said in the past that the company is in better shape this year than it was in the 2016 U.S. presidential election when Facebook said to be used by Moscow to sow discord among Americans.

Leaders from all three nations have said they aim to conclude the talks early this year, well before the Mexican presidential election in July, which could lead to a shift in personnel and strategy.

The Almanac originated such important market phenomena as the «January Barometer» and the «Santa Claus Rally» and was instrumental in popularizing other tradable strategies, such as «The Best Six Months Strategy» (commonly known as «Sell in May and Go Away») and the four - year Presidential Election Cycle.

The outsourcing of U.S. jobs overseas, the subject of much discussion in this year's presidential campaign, is part of an economic movement that promises a better life — indeed, a new beginning — for many people in developing countries.

(CNN)- Bias against a Mormon presidential candidate hasn't budged in 45 years, with 18 % of Americans saying they would not vote for a well - qualified candidate who happened to be Mormon, according to a Gallup Poll released Thursday.

Presidential elections, after all, have worked fairly well in the U.S. Through war and economic crisis, they have been held at four - year intervals.

Even in their best - shot presidential years, 1980 - 1988, they won very little and are not poised to win much more.

I'm choosing to avoid the whole idea that the Family Circle Magazine in election year 2000 held a cookie bake - off between the presidential candidates» wives, Tipper Gore and Laura Bush suggested a certain wifely stereotype, like that's all that they're good for.

And, these articles are good examples of the kind of interest in digital politics we see in a presidential election year.

This is important because Democrats do better in presidential election years than in midterms.

Democrats expect to do well this cycle given the turnout in presidential election years has historically given them more seats in the Senate.

«We've got a presidential election coming up, and it just seemed a better time than in late September (when his current two - year term officially ends)... You always discuss these things when you're state chair, but listen, my political obituary has been written a lot of times already.

Still, Republicans had a night that was far better than initially expected, given traditional Democratic gains in presidential election years.

Put on the back burner last year amid the possibility of Democrats faring well down battle in the presidential election, the fight is back to being a red hot one at the Capitol.

The former governor is viewed by some in the establishment GOP as one of several dream presidential candidates who never actually ran this year (Chris Christie, John Thune and Mitch Daniels being among them as well).

That's how one of state government's best - known lobbyists described the atmosphere at the Capitol as lawmakers face what is expected to be a series of bitterly contested and highly divisive reelection battles next year in the midst of a bitter and highly divisive presidential campaign.

And both are engaged in rematches against opponents who performed well in the last presidential election year.

Bill Samuels — a prominent Democratic fundraiser, founder of good government group EffectiveNY and a frequent Cuomo critic — suspected it might have more to do with the potential for Hillary Clinton to be atop the presidential ticket this year, which could usher in a Democratic State Senate.

Pelosi is also pointing out that if Cuomo indeed has presidential aspirations, presiding over a Democrat - dominated state that loses Democratic House members in a presidential election year because he declined to get engaged in the House redistricting process will not play well with party insiders.

Nobody expects the shockingly good GOP performance in this heavily Democratic state in 2014 to carry over to a presidential year.

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But 56 percent of them said that he would not make a good presidential candidate in four years, and 54 percent think he would make a poor president.

Comella initially had been hired as a consultant to Cuomo to help shape this year's agenda after working for Republicans in presidential races, including New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, President George W. Bush's 2004 re-election, as well as Rudy Giuliani and Sen. John McCain (R - Ariz.).

«This groundbreaking proposal will almost certainly bolster Oregon's best - in - the nation turnout rates that exceed 80 percent in presidential years and provide a clear roadmap for states like ours that have much room for improvement,» Miner said.

The Hudson Valley Senate district has long been eyed by Democrats as a possible pickup opportunity, especially given the presidential election year in which down - ballot Democratic candidates tend to do better.

Nevertheless, it's fresh fodder for Democrats, who continue to hold out hope that they'll be able unseat Hannon in the upcoming presidential election year, when the party typically does better in down - ballot races.

One of those factors will likely be what his run would mean for his fellow Senate Republicans, who are gearing up for a re-match with the Democrats for control of the chamber in what's shaping up to be a challenging year, thanks to the twin corruption convictions of two former top conference leaders — ex-Deputy Majority Leader Tom Libous and ex-Majority Leader Dean Skelos — as well as a presidential election that will likely boost Democratic turnout in this Democrat - dominated state.

Ed Cox, chairman of the New York Republican Party, said the unusual dynamics that extended his party's primary process this year could be a good thing for late - voting states where GOP presidential candidates have rarely campaigned in the past.

County officials had regarded 2016 as the best opportunity to get a water fee passed on the ballot because of typically high Democratic voter turnout in presidential election years.

But 56 percent said he would not make a good presidential candidate in four years, and 54 percent think he would make a poor president.

But Democrats in the Senate typically make gains in a presidential election years, and they are playing offense in districts on Long Island and in the Hudson Valley (Republicans want to flip a western New York seat as well as a district in Westchester County).

Typically the party does not turnout in odd - numbered years, leaving Republicans to win local - level races, even in areas that have trended against the GOP in recent years and the Democratic presidential candidates tend to do well.

Some have argued that the best way for socialists to relate to Sanders supporters is to work inside his campaign for the presidential nomination — in order to be well - positioned to lead people to an alternative when Sanders abandons them for Hillary Clinton next year.

He's won every Senate race he's been in since he was first elected in 1998 by a comfortable margin, though he's never had a major party challenger in a presidential election year, when Democrats typically perform better.

ALBANY — As the Democratic presidential candidates turn their attention to New York, the campaigns of both Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton say they're looking to the 2014 gubernatorial bid of Zephyr Teachout, who performed surprisingly well in a primary against Gov. Andrew Cuomo, as a model that Sanders might follow to exceed expectations in the state Clinton represented in the Senate for eight years.

Mr. Bishop fared significantly better in the larger turnout presidential years than he did in mid-terms, nearly losing his seat to Republican Randy Altschuler in a 2010 race that wasn't determined for more than a month after Election Day.

New York has a well - publicized and worsening voter turnout problem, and approximately one in four registered New York voters could have no say in the presidential primary outcomes even if they wanted to - other than by changing their party affiliation more than a year prior.

Yup, that's right, New Yorkers vote in, and pay for, two primary elections, and this year a Presidential primary as well.

Plus, he says, in Presidential election years, like 2012, Democratic candidates usually fare better.

State law requires the two systems to provide voter registration forms to students at the beginning of each new school year, as well as in January in presidential years.

After pulling 33 percent in the Democratic primary against a sitting governor just two years ago, Teachout seems a good bet to get the House nomination now — and a real threat to win even a Republican - leaning district in a presidential election year.

This postulations coupled with the fact that the epic APC primaries is already lurking led DAILY POST to ask its readers who they think is the best aspirant APC should present in next year's presidential election as its candidate.

The President selects the President's Award for the «best» paper in The American Naturalist in the past year, gives the ASN Presidential Address and presents the Society's awards at the annual meeting, and represents the ASN in multiple other ways through the year.

Washington — Not willing to risk a Presidential veto of a huge catchall spending bill and seeking to make good on a political vow to pass their own appropriations bill for the second straight year, key congressional leaders pushed through a weary 98th Congress, a record $ 17.6 billion in fiscal 1985 Education Department funding last week — not as part of the continuing resolution but in the $ 101 - billion bill for the departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Education.

While the best - known race on November 8th was the presidential election with its profound ramifications on our lives, those of us working in progressive education in Massachusetts were intently watching another heated contest unfold: Question 2, which proposed to lift the cap on charter schools by authorizing up to 12 new charter schools each year, forever.

During a presidential election year, there couldn't be a better time to talk about and imagine a new vision for learning in the U.S..

The best time in the four year presidential cycle to be in stocks is just after the midterm elections.

One striking revelation from the presidential election process this year was the sharp contrast between people who think the U.S. is in pretty good shape and those who feel the country never recovered from the last recession.