Sentences with phrase «than incumbent parties»

Not exact matches

Bottom line: while an ongoing recession at the time of the election does not always mean that the incumbent party will lose control of the White House, it spells DOOM by better than a 2:1 ratio.

With the race for the Conservative Party nomination in Calgary - Signal Hill in less than 10 days, the Rob Anders campaign has broadcast a new robocall praising the incumbent MP for decreasing the federal Goods and Services Tax.

Defying the polls, the traditional parties --- the incumbent Popular Party (PP) and the Socialist Party (PSOE)-- came out on top and in the PP's case with much better results than last December.

And in the Republican Party, too, there was more than the usual pressure exerted against incumbents early on, coming from a vast and energetic new movement, the Tea Party.

DCCC Chairman Steve Israel, a Long Islander, not only condoned the decisions of Hochul and Owens to stay home rather than fete Obama, but also urged any other incumbents with tough races — not to mention challengers trying to help the party meet its goal of reclaiming the majority — to follow suit.

Former Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno deemed Giuliani «Judas» for turning his back on the party's nominee, little - known state Sen. George Pataki, who ended up defeating Mario Cuomo in what was widely attributed more to voters» rejection of the liberal incumbent than their desire to see a GOP legislator from Peekskill in the executive mansion.

All else being equal, the opposition party has a better chance against a new candidate than an incumbent President.

If social segmentation continues to grow, the popularity of the parties challenging the traditional incumbents will certainly prove something more than a passing political trend.

The 2011 Parliament Act instituting fixed - term parliaments was intended to prevent precisely what May is doing - capitalising on circumstances favourable to nothing other than an incumbent government's party - political chances.

It makes incumbents defend their records and challengers explain what they'd do differently than others in their party.

By less than 5,000 votes, he defeated Ceretto, a three - term incumbent who switched party affiliation from the GOP to Democratic in the summer of 2015.

But rather than cleaving along partisan lines, Democrats and Republicans — incumbents and challengers alike — came down on both sides of the issue depending on their states and districts, suggesting national party committees aren't likely to take up the vote in their national messaging.

As was the case with general primary competition, incumbent competitiveness was higher within the Republican Party than it was in the Democratic Party.

At the time, the choice to entrust the incumbent prime minister rather than the leader of the largest party with the first attempt to form a government had cross-party approval.

Local election results tend to differ from general elections in certain predicable ways — for example incumbent government parties have tended to perform worse on average at local elections than their eventual general election results by about 4.5 %.

It is of course possible that your challenger would have had a better chance against the incumbent than a new face from the same party.

First, our research shows that voters regard a government's choice to time the election strategically and for partisan benefit as significantly less important to their vote choice than the incumbent's policy performance and party leadership.

He then proceeded according to that view and negotiated primarily with the Conservatives, who had won 48 more seats than the incumbent Labour Party.

Although the difference is marginal, the Republican Party took more of a hit from term limits in the 2012 state legislative elections than the Democratic Party, both in terms of how many individual incumbent legislators the Republican Party lost (120, versus 119 for the Democratic Party) and in terms of how many state legislative chambers lost more Republicans (12, versus 10 for the Democratic Party).

The Republican Party is took more of a hit from term limits in the 2010 state legislative elections than the Democratic Party, both in terms of how many individual incumbent legislators the Republican Party is losing (190, versus 182 for the Democratic Party) and in terms of how many state legislative chambers lost more Republicans (13, versus 10 for the Democratic Party).

The left - wing Working Families Party (WFP) endorsed Cynthia Nixon in the governor's race rather than siding with Andrew Cuomo, the powerful incumbent.

All 4 four Conservative Incumbents did better than their party.

Popular incumbent MSPs have developed a considerable personal vote that enables them to secure a substantially higher share of the vote than their party list manages locally

Incumbent Martin Masterpole, a Democrat, defeated Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins, who has run for office more than 20 times since 1993.

This year, both major party candidates for governor, incumbent Democrat Dannel Malloy and Republican Tom Foley, qualified for public financing and each has received more than $ 6.5 million to spend on the general election.

And as every political junkie knows, open seats are much more likely to change party control than districts held by an incumbent.

Teachout won 34 percent of the vote in Tuesday's Democratic primary, a better - than - expected showing against a well - known incumbent who had the backing of the state's Democratic Party apparatus and heavyweights like New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Hillary Clinton.

The Republican Party had more members impacted by term limits in the 2010 state legislative elections than the Democratic Party, both in terms of how many individual incumbent legislators the Republican Party lost (190, versus 182 for the Democratic Party) and in terms of how many state legislative chambers lost more Republicans (13, versus 10 for the Democratic Party).

Harris still enjoys the support of party leaders: The Democratic Assembly Campaign Committee has spent more money on her behalf than all but two of the state's incumbents with primary challengers.

And what better vehicle to continue pummeling the incumbent than a party primary feeding hungry media for the next 17 weeks?

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Here in New York, vibrant movements opposing fracking and the growing corporate attacks on our public school system helped spur the Green Party gubernatorial campaign of Howie Hawkins and Brian Jones, which received almost 5 percent of the vote running against incumbent Democrat Andrew Cuomo, the best any independent third party campaign has done statewide in more than 80 yParty gubernatorial campaign of Howie Hawkins and Brian Jones, which received almost 5 percent of the vote running against incumbent Democrat Andrew Cuomo, the best any independent third party campaign has done statewide in more than 80 yparty campaign has done statewide in more than 80 years.

It does become a problem if it is an indication of soft support for Labour, if the government become less unpopular once they have a better economy behind them, if minor parties establish themselves as alternative recipients of anti-government votes or if during an election campaign it becomes more of a choice between two alternatives, rather than a judgement on the incumbent.

Day claims the incumbent is disconnected from the issues that impact her constituents and often nothing more than a rubber stamp for the party line.

And this year, the first incumbent - free mayoral contest in more than a decade, will also mark a coming - out party of sorts for a new class of influencers looking to make their marks.

Another problem the GOP faces: Recent polls have shown that Democrats are slightly more forgiving than Republicans when it comes to re-electing incumbent state lawmakers, although the overall numbers don't look good for members of either party currently occupying seats in the Senate and Assembly.

They found that in years when the team won in the two weeks prior to election day, the incumbent or their party received 1.6 per cent more of the votes than in years when the team lost (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, DOI: 10.1073 / pnas.1007420107).

He stressed that if a party alleges «earning capacity» then it is «incumbent [on them] to prove that by clear evidence rather than by anecdotal scraps», eg from an employment consultant.

Graham: «The party fractures, most incumbents in 2018 will get a severe primary challenge, a lot of them will probably lose, the base will fracture, the financial contributions will stop, other than that it'll be fine!»