Though Democrats far outnumber Republicans in both the city and state, the hope is to train at least 200
potential activists from the black, Hispanic and other non-traditional GOP communities over a six - week
period that can be used throughout New York for
upcoming congressional and state Senate races as well as be dispatched nationally, Weingartner said.
While the near term models might be a useful tool for adding insight with respect to the
potential range of expected outcomes for the
upcoming policy
period, the actual results of the last four years indicate that relying exclusively on the near term models to determine a rate can bring an extra level of instability and volatility to an already challenging pricing exercise.