Sentences with phrase «midterm election years»

In most midterm election years, with a difficult...

Congressional incumbents running for re-election this year are doing so in a difficult environment, with several key indicators among the worst they have been in midterm election years.

Equity markets tend to rally in the fourth quarter of midterm election years as election results become clearer.

Midterm election years have had higher volatility in the past, but also have offered some compelling buying opportunities.

As Chart 1 shows, equity - market corrections during midterm election years historically have turned out to be great buying opportunities.

In previous midterm election years, the S&P 500 Index has experienced a sell - off early in the year — and on average, ends the first three quarters flat to slightly lower (as of this writing, the S&P 500 Index price is nearly unchanged year to date).

Since 1962, the average peak - to - trough S&P 500 Index decline during these years was 19 %, although the past three midterm election years averaged closer to a 10 % drop (the correction in February 2018 was approximately 10 %).

He added that his confidence in the security of Americans» data going into midterm elections this year was «to be determined.»

It would require defying the party leader's trade agenda during a contentious midterm election year and magnifying areas of serious disunity within the majority governing party.

For Trump and the Republican Party, that could be a devastating development in a midterm election year, when the party is largely pinning its hopes of keeping control of Congress on economic success and Americans seeing a benefit from the tax overhaul the president signed in December.

(Please also see last week's Market Commentary report titled «Midterm Election Year: What is Normal?»

... an unprecedented effort in a midterm election year, called the Bannock Street Project after the location of Bennet's 2010 campaign office.

Russia is already meddling in the midterm elections this year, the top American intelligence officials said, warning that Moscow is using a digital strategy to worsen the country's political and social divisions.

But because the measure is a constitutional amendment, Florida law required that it get 60 percent of the vote — and that made it all the more challenging in a midterm election year, when turnout among younger voters is lower.

«On the heels of thousands joining NAN in Tallahassee, FL for a «stand your ground» rally, participants will address additional key policy issues such as jobs, voter ID and immigration; which will be key in this midterm election year...»

Altogether, 6,057 (82.0 %) of the country's 7,383 state legislative seats were up for election during the midterm election year.

(CNN)- A conservative group is kicking off the midterm election year with a multimillion - dollar ad campaign that targets three Democratic Senators facing tough re-election battles in November.

(CNN)-- With only days left until her political future is decided in Arkansas» Senate Democratic primary runoff, incumbent Blanche Lincoln criticized her opponent and defended her moderate record which has drawn fire from both conservatives and liberals during this midterm election year.

Craig Johnson of Piper Jaffray recently noted that since 1930, midterm election year corrections have averaged 17 %.

In a midterm election year, this is one vote that those who care about local, clean energy will not want to miss.

Organizers hope the passions of the crowds and the under - 18 roster of speakers will translate into a tipping point starting in the midterm elections this year.

Not exact matches

Attracting small donors through digital channels resembles the presidential campaign fundraising strategy of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders (D), but Harris insists she's just focusing on this year's midterm elections.

WASHINGTON — When House Speaker Paul Ryan told his colleagues on Wednesday that he would retire at the end of the year, he signaled what many Republicans are already thinking: Midterm elections will be rough for the GOP if it wants to keep its majority.

A central force behind this year's midterm election campaign is neither a political party nor a candidate.

But recent polls suggest that the incoming Alabama senator - elect's victory may be a part of a larger trend that could spell trouble for Republicans in next year's midterm elections.

Democrats said Republican leaders, flexing their new political muscle after big wins in the midterm elections that will give them control of both chambers of Congress next year, had gone too far in trying to roll back Dodd - Frank.

Conservative donors and operatives who gathered on a mountain shrouded resort this past weekend for the Koch brothers» annual winter retreat know that they're up against a historical tide in this year's midterm elections.

«Virginia has always been an early - warning system for midterm elections — almost always showing us what will happen in the next year if the course of the storm doesn't shift.

Republican leaders have scrambled to push through major tax changes and earn a legislative win ahead of next year's midterm elections.

Billionaire Tom Steyer, one of the leading Democratic donors in the 2018 election cycle, has plenty of praise for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D - Calif., but he stopped short of publicly supporting her to lead the party in Congress after this year's midterm elections.

Those problems make it all too plausible that, if drastic action isn't taken now, the same tactics will be deployed again to disrupt this year's midterm Congressional elections.

For now, the enactment of the tax bill hands Republicans a much - needed victory going into next years midterm elections.

Virginia and New Jersey will hold gubernatorial elections later this year, and all 435 seats in the House and 33 of the 100 seats in the Senate will be contested in the 2018 midterm elections.

Both the White House and congressional Republicans are desperate for a big legislative accomplishment before attention turns to the midterm elections next year, especially following the failure to repeal Obamacare.

But Republican leaders in Tallahassee continue to oppose such a move, all but ensuring that it will remain an issue for this year's midterm elections.

Hogg, who has been accepted to the University of California at Irvine, also said that he was «90 percent sure» that he would delay enrolling in college until fall 2019 and use the gap year to focus on this year's midterm elections.

The spending legislation, which was viewed as the last opportunity this year for Congress to enact major new gun restrictions before the midterm elections in November, included only some school safety measures and modest improvements to the background check system.

Congressional turnover is common in a U.S. president's second year in office — with the party in control losing ground in five of the past six midterm elections.

The market isn't pricing in a delay in tax reform, and if we get a delay, can we even get it done at all with midterm elections next year?

Furthermore, once the midterm election takes place, the index has been higher one year later every time since 1946.

Historically, political uncertainty leading up to midterm elections has led to greater market volatility, and this year has been no exception.

With trade, taxes, and volatility dominating headlines early this year, the looming U.S. midterm elections have received minimal coverage.

UC Irvine (UCI) reportedly offered admission to David Hogg, but the Parkland activist has decided to take a year off from college to focus on the 2018 midterm elections.

The Senate Republicans» chaotic late - night vote Friday to overhaul the tax system widened the country's partisan divisions Saturday - sparking a political grudge match that lawmakers vowed to carry into next year's midterm elections.

That becomes likely only if Democrats win a majority in the House in this year's midterm elections, Mezey said.

When the NRA holds its annual meeting this weekend in Dallas, the gathering will provide a window into the organization's message and strategy ahead of this year's midterm elections.

United States Newsmakers After the Republican victory in the 2014 US midterm elections and an eight - year hiatus, Richard Shelby, a senior senator from Alabama, has taken over his old post as chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs.

The year 2006 may for most people mark the tenth anniversary of the 1996 Welfare Act, signed by Bill Clinton, after he had vetoed two previous efforts, and just before crucial midterm elections that November.

While the Obama administration finds its own signature health care legislation so complicated to administer that it is now putting off implementation of the large - employer insurance mandate until 2015 (i.e., after the congressional midterm elections), it is forging ahead with its oppressive HHS contraception - sterilization - abortifacient mandate, despite repeated condemnations of it from countless religious leaders for nearly two years now.

Because midterm elections take place in distinct races, 472 of them this year, rendering a national verdict involves administering a very rough justice.