Sentence examples for couple of election from inspiring English sources

In the past couple of election cycles, they didn't have to do all that much to win over Hispanic voters, because Republicans seemed so determined to lose them.

But in the wake of recent trailblazing by the likes of Palin and Bachmann, that could well change within the next couple of election cycles.

Ted Cruz doesn't have to face the voters again until 2018, and he can now enjoy the luxury of observing a couple of election cycles without any risk to his own political career.

This question, what we might call the Trump Enigma, is an old one by now, spanning a couple of election cycles, but no one seems to have cracked the code.

But the fact that North Carolina is a target at all for a Democratic presidential campaign would have been hard to contemplate just a couple of election cycles ago.

Even though the stooped, thin Mandela is said to be fitter than he looks, he turned 91 in July and this year has limited his public engagements to a couple of election rallies in support of the African National Congress and a handful of gala dinners and personal appearances for his charities.

It seemed persuasive until Republicans clobbered Democrats in the next couple of elections.

In the past couple of elections, polls have underestimated Democrats' standing in states with heavy Hispanic populations.

"Look, I have this sense of impending doom; we've had a couple of elections stolen already," Mr. Downs said.

I think they believe it's necessary because of the problems they had the last couple of elections.

This is their real goal, and winning a couple of elections isn't going to change matters.