Sentence examples for environment for Democrats from inspiring English sources

Still, Begich faces a hostile environment for Democrats.

Mr. Fitzpatrick said the environment for Democrats reminded him of what Republicans faced four years ago.

Instead, 2008 was somewhat of an anomaly, caused by the intersection of mostly external factors and a favorable political environment for Democrats nationally.

And with the economy struggling and Mr. Obama falling in the polls, it's a tough environment for Democrats to make major gains.

While Republicans are poised to make significant gains, several party officials privately expressed concerns about the party's national leadership and whether it was well positioned to capitalize on the poor political environment for Democrats.

Following a fund-raiser in Denver, Mr. Obama flew here for a pair of receptions tapping perhaps the most resource-rich environment for Democrats, his second fundraising trip to California in the past few weeks.

"The political environment is worse here for Democrats than it was in Massachusetts".

A relatively liberal Democrat, Mark Begich, was narrowly elected to the Senate in Alaska in 2008 because Republicans had a problematic incumbent in Ted Stevens and because the national environment was very favorable for Democrats that year.

[snip] If you follow through on the math, this would suggest that Coakley would have won by about 8 points, rather than losing by 5, had the national environment not deteriorated so significantly for Democrats.

His back-of-the-envelope appraisal suggests that the seat would have remained Democratic if not for either one of two factors: Martha Coakley's terrible campaign, and a national environment that's turned toxic for Democrats.

"They are all people who have been able to win in environments that have been pretty rugged for Democrats in general," said Senator Jon Corzine of New Jersey, chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.