Sentences with phrase «expected in a presidential year»

But given the swing nature of her northern Virginia district and the higher turnout expected in a presidential year, Democrats say if they're going to take the seat, this is the time.

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

Over two thousand four hundred (2,400) delegates of the Convention People's Party (CPP) are expected to converge on the Trade Fair Center in Accra for a National Delegates Congress to elect a new Presidential Candidate for the upcoming General elections in November this year.

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

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.

Democrats expect to make gains this election season, even beyond the mere scope of a presidential election cycle, given Trump being at the top of the ticket and the expectation he will lose badly to Hillary Clinton in New York this year.

During these midterm elections it was expected that voter turnout would be lower than in presidential election years, according to data since the 1840s.

Addressing a gathering in the Hausa language, Dr Bawumia, who said he was expecting overwhelming votes from the Muslim community and settlements (Zongos) in this year's presidential and parliamentary polls, said: «We [NPP] will also bring back the allowance to Arabic tutors.

Not one poll has shown Gillespie ahead in the race, one year after Clinton won Virginia by 6 percentage points — a closer - than - expected margin in a state with a Democratic governor and two Democratic senators and that's voted for the Democratic nominee in three straight presidential contests.

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

Crain's predicts that New York City will become «a test case for what independent expenditures can do in municipal elections,» and city voters can expect to «experience some of what their counterparts in presidential swing states did last year.»

This year, Democrats expect to make further inroads on Long Island, especially in Nassau County, where polls have shown Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump to be struggling.

Dadey didn't put forward a specific plan for how he would assist Flanagan is holding on to power in a presidential election year expected to boost Democratic turnout in this Democrat - dominated state.

But under this deal being floated, in exchange for allowing Klein to retain most or all of the power he currently enjoys, the Senate Republicans would gain the insurance of having the five - member IDC to fall back on two years from now, when a presidential election is expected to cause an uptick in Democratic turnout and potentially put the GOP back into a numerical minority.

At the same time, there would be a handshake agreement that the coalition continue through 2016, a presidential election year, and when Democrats are expected to make gains in New York.

A presidential election year is expected to drive out more Democratic voters and aid down - ballot races in the process.

Voter turnout is higher in presidential years and while New York is expected to go to Obama, the voting history within the district suggests otherwise.

As a result, the Democrats are defending some vulnerable members in a state where they expected to pick up seats (and still might, given the presidential election year dynamic).

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Nevertheless, the failure of Democrats to win a clear numerical majority in a presidential election year is a blow to the seven - member Independent Democratic Conference, whose leader Jeff Klein was widely expected to wake up as the Senate's kingmaker on Wednesday morning.

This year's U.S. presidential and congressional contests are expected to be the most expensive elections in the nation's history.

After the chaotic election cycles of 2013 and 2014, most politicos expected a quiet year to kick back before the presidential news apocalypse rolled around in 2016.

Unemployment rates were low, wages improved and, as the year waned, we completed a contentious presidential election and saw mortgage rates increase, neither of which are expected to have a negative impact on real estate in 2017.