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I recently contributed an article to Cardratings.com in which I analyzed credit score changes from 2008 to 2011 to see how states that went "red" or "blue" in the 2008 presidential election fared.
BBC Monitoring looks at how some of the big names in the 2014 general elections fared.
And how Mr. Pataki, who has benefited from a healthy economy in past elections, might fare if the situation weakens significantly remains unclear.
From almost immediately after the governor's re-election, a fare increase has been portrayed by his appointees as inevitable, the only way to repair a $1.1 billion budget gap over the next two years.
If he opted for an early election and fared badly, as well he might, either the voters or the LDP's backroom leadership could make him step down as prime minister.However, an early election might be unavoidable, especially if Mr Obuchi's coalition were to split.
Lord Ashdown added that, if the Lib Dems maintained "discipline", they could increase their support at the next election, despite faring badly in recent opinion polls.
In the by-election, he fared better than in his previous effort at the polls nine years earlier, when he failed to get on Lisburn Borough Council.
As the governor runs for re-election next year, a fare increase could be politically disastrous for him.
His party dumped him, his successor Gillard went to an election shortly afterwards, fared badly, and cobbled together a minority government.
Both Dabi and Bonnet cautioned the ratings were highly volatile and did not mean Hollande's Socialists -- which last year received drubbings in city hall and European elections -- would fare any better in March's local ballots.
