But the Tories won an election during a downturn in 1992.
The delay meant Labour was forced to call the election during the "winter of discontent".
They won each and every vote — both referendum and election — during the last two and a half years.
The paper looks at 68 low-income countries, 51 of which had at least one election during the period.
They also fear holding an election during what may be the start of Japan's third economic recession in five years.
"It was the golden age of the Flemish Block, the racist party which won every fucking election during the 1990s.
Liberals were three to four times as likely to be actively posting or reading about the election during the debates.
I'm resisting that conclusion, because I don't know what mix of issues swung the Spanish election during those final days.
Apprehension had been building here since the election, during which polling places were ransacked and ballot boxes stuffed, that the results might be fraudulent.
"The conventional wisdom in Washington is that our window for reaching a solution is after the election, during a lame-duck session," Mr. Hoyer said.
General Guei proceeded to try to steal this election during the counting of the votes, when another opposition politician, Laurent Gbagbo, was in the lead.
