Some might not remember this, but the 2008 election was driven by the Internet, and by YouTube in particular (does anyone remember Obama Girl?).
"Nationally, there is no question that this election was driven by concerns about the economy, but in the races where the issue of illegal guns played a key role, candidates that opposed common-sense efforts to crack down on illegal guns suffered at the polls," said Alex Howe, AUSS spokesman.
One election is driven by fear, in which liberal-minded candidates and party offices are attacked almost daily by Pakistani Taliban who've declared this democracy un-Islamic.
If the election is driven by economics at all -- which seems doubtful right now, with the debacle in Iraq accelerating -- it will reflect the job situation on the ground, which remains grim.
Those elections were driven primarily by the failure of neoliberal (conservative) economic policies.
The confused results were hardly surprising, since the elections were driven by political crosscurrents churning local, regional and national issues.
When he opted for coalition after this year's indecisive election, he was driven by the conviction that Britain needed an effective, strong government, and that the Lib Dems should be part of that.
In short, while the idea of the underdog Truman fighting against the "Do Nothing Congress" sounds inspiring, the success of his re-election campaign was driven by the state of the economy.
Mr. Obama's decision not to provide arms when the proposal was broached before the November election, officials said, was driven by his reluctance to get drawn into a proxy war and by his fear that the weapons would end up in unreliable hands, where they could be used against civilians or Israeli and American interests.
Outside of the policy realm, Case also thinks Trump's election win — which was driven by a surge in rural and rust-belt support — could "serve as a wake-up call" for Silicon Valley to widen its perspective, "be more sensitive to the broader societal impact of technology," and "lead to greater investment" in more regions of the country.
The leadership election process, he said, "was driven by people who could raise money and those who needed it or thought they needed it".
