Sentence examples for election expectations from inspiring English sources

Just before President Obama's first election, expectations were high that Congress would pass legislation limiting GHG emissions.

Tuesday night's contests are mostly about who wins — and not who clears some arbitrary bar based on pre-election expectations.

Pre-election expectations of a close vote were set by reportage, cosy briefings, betting markets and gut instinct.

The only hope of reconciling post-election expectations of better public services with low taxes and low interest rates is to embark on far-reaching reform of the biggest spending programmes: education, health and social security.

Despite pre-election expectations of a safe Labor win, Hanna defeated Clancy by 0.6 percent with the aid of Liberal preferences.

Today though, while post-election expectations in Europe are again high, it seems that many Europeans turned their hope into disillusion, despite their overwhelming preference in the election for the incumbent.

I also understand that because it's an election season, expectations for what we'll achieve this year are low.

Normally we would expect more seats in Congress to go to the political party that receives more votes, but the last election confounded expectations.

The support services giant has seen its shares spike since the general election on expectations the Tory victory will safeguard the future of the Trident nuclear programme on which Babcock works.

Even as the last ballots were being counted and Mr Barak, Israel's most decorated soldier, was consolidating a lead built throughout a divisive five-month election campaign, expectations were rising in Washington and the Arab capitals that the new premier would move swiftly to restore momentum to the Middle East peace process.

His election raised expectations of sweeping economic reform, but he has achieved little so far, partly because his party does not have a majority of seats in the parliament.