Sentences with phrase «in a presidential year»

Democratic turnout should be higher in a presidential year.

And typically the candidates at the top of the ticket fuel turnout — especially in a presidential year.

And this was in a presidential year where people turn out in the largest numbers.

He will likely struggle in a presidential year, when more minority and younger voters are likely to turn out to vote for Democratic candidates.

The fact that this special election comes in a presidential year, where voters are twice as likely to visit the polls, makes just about anything possible.

It could prove particularly difficult in a presidential year.

Of those three offices, only the first is up in presidential years.

It is fairly easy for a party to meet the test in presidential years, when there are six statewide partisan races on the ballot in most years.

Education issues, once almost exclusively local, are increasingly becoming federal issues, especially in a presidential year.

New York State Senate Democrats have picked up seats in every presidential year in the past two decades.

Opposition research from Republican operatives had been hanging over her candidacy in the county, where Democrats see a rare opening to gain seats in a presidential year when Donald Trump's candidacy may keep some centrist Republicans away from the polls.

Also a good point about higher turnout in presidential years favoring Democrats.

Even if all goes as planned for Jacobs, the huge enrollment advantage means the district isn't unwinnable for Democrats in a presidential year.

Minor parties generally poll enough votes in presidential years to remain ballot - qualified, because there are either four or five statewide offices on the ballot.

His was not an impressive run, falling to a freshman Republican in a new district in a presidential year where Obama carried the environs by four points.

That might help the Republicans in the general election — especially in a presidential year when more Democrats will be coming out to vote than usual — but would no doubt further inflame the conservative grassroots, which is already not a fan of Flanagan due to his «yes» vote on the SAFE Act.

It's Illinois Republican Mark S. Kirk, who hopes to win a second term in a very Democratic state in a presidential year.

Also, Jacobs has in past elections demonstrated crossover appeal — especially in Democrat - dominated Erie County — and now that he's looking toward a general election battle with the winner of the Democratic primary, Amber Small, he needs to take a pragmatic approach if he's to have a shot of winning in a presidential year in a district that has a Democratic enrollment edge.

Elected in low - turnout midterms, they're now on the defensive in districts that often vote Democratic in presidential years.

Meanwhile, Democrats are banking on the belief that they can better identify potential supporters, motivate them and get them to the polls — in essence, reshape the midterm electorate to make it look more like the electorate in a presidential year.

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

U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson's win over Democratic former Sen. Russ Feingold marks the first time since 1980 that a Republican has won election to the Senate in a presidential year in Wisconsin.

He saw his defeat at the hands of no - name Frank Skartados in 2008 as a fluke, one of those weird things that happens in presidential years where thousands of previously unregistered voters take to the polls.

Costello is potentially vulnerable in his first re-election race, which will take place in a presidential year in a competitive district.

they wont survive this time in a Presidential year.

Stefan Mychajliw was elected our Erie County Comptroller in 2012 so a Republican can win countywide in a Presidential year.»

«After a campaign in which we faced extraordinary challenges and yet still managed to grow our majority in a Presidential year, I couldn't be more proud to lead this outstanding group of lawmakers.»

Long will be taking on Schumer in a presidential year in which two New Yorkers, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, may well face off.

Other Republicans are saying that Trump's candidacy is generating a lot of excitement among GOP voters, which will be good for the party in terms of combatting the higher - than - expected turnout among Democrats that tends to occur in presidential years.

On February 27, the Oklahoma Senate unanimously passed SB 668, which eases ballot access for newly - qualifying parties in midterm years, but does not reduce the number of signatures in presidential years.

The Democratic nominee in 2014, Sean Eldridge, lost this toss - up district by 20 points, but turnout has been double in presidential years and without an incumbent, it'll be harder for the GOP to hold the seat.

He won by over 11,000 two years later, but Democrats are optimistic his seat will be winnable in a presidential year, when their voters usually turn out at higher numbers.

Latimer, however, has an eight - to - one cash - on - hand advantage, and it seems unlikely that a seat that has been repeatedly targeted by Republicans over three decades would finally flip in a presidential year.

Arkansas requires a party to poll 3 % for the office at the top of the ballot in each election, in order to stay on the ballot (i.e., 3 % for President in presidential years, and 3 % for Governor in midterm years).

But Democrats start the open seat race with a narrow advantage in a presidential year when former New York Sen. Hillary Clinton is likely to top the ballot.

«It will mark the first RNC office in New York in a presidential year in a long, long time,» Weingartner said.

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.

«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.

A large number voters turn out only in Presidential years, further distorting the results.

(Of course, Obama will undoubtedly help people like Sen. Amy Klobuchar in Minnesota and Sen. Debbie Stabenow in Michigan — two states with strong Democratic bases that will turn out more heavily in a presidential year than they would in a midterm election.)

Three years ago in a presidential year, Hein topped 45,000 votes.

Pelosi pointed out that Democratic turnout tends to spike in presidential years and has repeatedly said the GOP's refusal to pass a comprehensive immigration reform bill will doom its chances of winning the White House next year and beyond.

Anuzis said the RNC was saved by other party committees this last cycle, but noted that that won't be the case in a presidential year.

He will win White Plains and probably Bedford in a Presidential year.

Michigan is tough for any incumbent given the state of the state's economy, but in order to beat an established candidate like Stabenow in a presidential year, Republicans will need a strong candidate of their own.

Republicans could use a victory in Nevada to cancel out a loss in another state, but it won't be easy in a presidential year.

But the «R» next to his name might be too much for Katko to overcome here in a presidential year.

The last Senate race in a presidential year was in 2012 when appointed - Sen.