Republicans also have argued that, if there's a down-ballot effect, it will be from Obama hurting Democrats.
But the speaker is not on his own, and he's signaling that he believes there would be a negative down-ballot effect for Republicans if he were to pull his support.
Democratic party leaders were all but jubilant Wednesday over the potential down-ballot effect Donald Trump's ascent could have as he continues to make strides toward securing the Republican Party presidential nomination. .
Tuesday is primary day in key states, and the results will provide an early look at Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's down-ballot effect in congressional elections ahead of November.
"I don't know how many times I was asked about the down-ballot effect of Donald Trump, Waldenn said, "and how many times I said, 'We don't see it in the data.' And I'd say, 'Show me the up-ballot lift of Hillary Clinton.' Because what we saw in the data was she was a drag on Democrats".
The results show Warren recovering from the down-ballot effects of President Barack Obama's poor performance in the first presidential debate, as well as benefiting from her own debate performance, MassINC pollster Steve Koczela said.
Experimental studies from first-past-the-post systems show that the ballot position effect is causal as the order of names functions as a cue to voters.
While most of the literature on information shortcuts in open-list PR systems focuses on the importance of ballot position effects, the influence of a candidate's localness has widely been ignored by existing studies.
Nasser did not propose a new date for the balloting, in effect recommending that the election be postponed indefinitely.
President Obama has suggested that Americans who vote for Johnson or Stein, or who decline to cast ballots, are in effect voting for Trump.
The candidates receiving the greatest number of votes (without regard to the ranking on the ballots, so in effect block voting) were declared elected.
