Sentences with phrase «midterm years»

Oklahoma State Senator Rob Johnson (R - Kingfisher) has introduced SB 668, which does not improve ballot access for newly - qualifying parties in presidential election years, but which does improve it in midterm years.

But in midterm years, the vote for three offices can be used to keep a party on the ballot.

The Senate version leaves the current 5 % formula, but improves ballot access in midterm years by changing the base for the calculation from 5 % of the vote cast in the preceding Read more»

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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).

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.

Shout out to The New York Times's Nate Cohn, who wrote a great piece last year showing that turnout among Iowa Democrats was much higher in midterm years with a Republican president than in midterm years with a Democratic president.

Looking at medians rather than averages produces similar results to midterm years: Likely voter polls have been unbiased, whereas registered voter polls have had a median Democratic bias of 2 percentage points.

Why investors should dread the month of May — especially this year Mays during midterm years tend to be worse, historically speakingThe U.S. stock market is preparing to end a positive — but volatile — month of April, and investors may be hoping that performance in May is even better.

Needless to say, in a contentious midterm year, both options carry great political risk.

The midterm year — where we are right now — typically yields the lowest returns.

That has top Republican operatives in California and Washington, D.C., concerned that Donnelly's controversial comments and ties to the California Minutemen, a group that fights illegal immigration on the border, could mobilize Hispanic and other Democratic - base voters who otherwise might fall off in this midterm year.

Don't expect any serious change in US government policy even if the Republicans take the Senate in the midterms this year.

«If our elected officials are not willing to stand up and say, «I'm not going to continue to take money from the [National Rifle Association] because children are dying,» they shouldn't be in office and they won't be in office because this is a midterm year and this is the change that we need.»

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.

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

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.

But don't be distracted: Just two years after Democrats lost control of the upper chamber in the 2014 midterms, they're poised to snatch it right back.

«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.

This year, the IMF's midterm economic outlook has coincided with the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, the annual meeting that attracts around 3,000 participants, from world leaders and business heads to public and private policymakers.

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.

As of August, short - term loans for less than three years had a monthly rate of 0.48 percent; midterm loans between three and nine years were at 1.80 percent; and long - term loans extending beyond nine years were at 2.78 percent.

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.

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.

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 %).

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

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).

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.