Sentences with phrase «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.

It moves the primary for all office, in presidential years, to the second Tuesday in March.

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.

And with the district's historic inclination to support Democrats in presidential years (Obama carried the district by an 11 - point margin in 2012), the seat could be a challenge for Republicans in 2016.

In recent races, Democrats have won in presidential years, while Republican candidates have been successful in midterm contests.

South Dakota, like most states, doesn't elect its Governor in presidential years, so Americans Elect is now ballot - qualified for 2014.

A swing district more beneficial to Democrats in presidential years, it could buoy Ms. Teachout with a large Democratic turnout for the presidential election this November.

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

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.

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.

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

«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.

In New York, turnout for both parties is higher in presidential years than in years when a gubernatorial race tops the ticket, but the jump is larger for Democrats than Republicans.

The vote test for a party to remain ballot - qualified is 2 %, but in presidential years, the only office that counts is the U.S. House race, and the Country Party did not poll as much as 2 % for that office.

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

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).

The Republican State Leadership Committee targeted the Senate in light of Virginia, as committee president Matt Walter stated,» [becoming] an increasingly important battleground state 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.

Even in a presidential year, only about fifty to sixty percent of eligible voters vote.

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

I can't imagine those Republicans will be very happy to welcome a lot of new Democrats into their respective districts in a presidential year.

While turnout among Democrat voters in the City of Rochester was high in the presidential year, it was Slaughter's win in the Republican - dominated suburbs that was truly remarkable.

Democrats are pleased Nelson's finally getting in the House race, especially in a presidential year when the party is hoping to expand its down - ballot battlefield.

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

«You have to do much more work to figure out who to target in a 45 percent turnout election» than in a presidential year, said Jeremy Bird, Obama's 2012 national field director.

«In a presidential year, it is competitive.

Democrats are hoping that higher turnout in a presidential year will help them gain seats in Long Island and the Hudson Valley.

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.

Florida Rep. John L. Mica's 7th District got bluer after recent redistricting, giving Democrats hope of knocking him off in a presidential year.

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.

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.

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.

Time, it would appear, is on the side of Skoufis, though running in a presidential year in a county trending Democratic was obviously tempting.

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.

«Especially in a presidential year.»

In 28 of these, Democrats performed better in the 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.

At the beginning of this cycle, the concern was about GOP recruitment in California — namely that Republicans wouldn't have the candidates to go on the offensive in a blue state in a presidential year.

«I think people are recognizing that the Democrats are coming back, both because of the work we did during this session... and the political imperative that in a presidential year, more Democrats are coming out,» Gianaris said.»

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

It could prove particularly difficult in a presidential year.

(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.)

The seat tilts slightly toward Democrats in a presidential year but in a midterm it will be very competitive.

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.

Farenthold's margin — 775 votes — and the overwhelmingly Hispanic nature of the 27th district make it a very tough hold for him 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.

«We know what happens in a presidential year.»