But when Alberta's voters change their mind, they do in spectacular, 1993-federal-election style, throwing out the governing party with little grace or regret.
Netflix lobbied aggressively for Emmy nominations for both this year, even putting out election-style lawn signs in West Hollywood.
And that's presuming a general election-style turnout, when each party brings out its support more or less evenly.
The election-style battle between the parties on the economy intensified when David Cameron unveiled an emotive poster of a baby to highlight rising government debt.
The Independent disclosed that the Labour leader was challenging David Cameron to sign up to an annual election-style confrontation to enable the public to "engage more in politics".
His trip to Arnhem Land this year bore more hallmarks of an election-style PR exercise, but in fairness that may be because of the unwieldy prime ministerial apparatus, including the media, that now shadows his every move.
The sharp tone at the news conference and at a whooping election-style rally in Indiana earlier in the day signaled a shift by the White House in the fractious debate over his package of spending and tax breaks.
Mr. Markey spoke after Mr. Kerry bid farewell to the group, and he came out swinging, eliciting cheers from the crowd as he declared his support for women's rights, gay rights and action on climate change, making a general-election-style argument that broadly pitted Democratic ideals against Republican ones.
In the last week of an election-style campaign that may determine who will dominate Europe's booming market for wireless communications, Mr. Esser is desperately trying to persuade shareholders to vote down a hostile takeover bid by Vodafone AirTouch of Britain.
Among his alternatives is a series of bare-knuckle Wall Street tactics: First, Microsoft is planning to crisscross the nation to meet with Yahoo's largest shareholders in an election-style campaign, hoping they can put pressure on Yahoo's board, people briefed on the company's plans said.
As members of Congress head home for an August recess, Barack Obama's former campaign arm, Organizing for America (OFA), is gearing up to target Blue Dog districts with old-fashioned, election-style, on-the-ground operations.
