Republican Presidential candidates have won in every election since 1948, with two notable exceptions: Lyndon Johnson, in 1964, and Barack Obama, in 2008.
Not so long ago, Ohio was considered the quintessential swing state — it had, after all, voted for the winning presidential candidate in every election starting with 1964.
Many Republicans contend that Democrats are less interested in policy improvements than in scaring elderly voters every election year with dire warnings about what the Republicans will do to Medicare.
"They want no headaches, and every election brings with it a competition," said Dr. Essam Elerian, a Brotherhood activist in the nearly defunct doctors' syndicate who just completed five years in jail after being arrested in an earlier crackdown.
I'd decided to go for a spin around Missouri because this bellwether, battleground state has voted for the winner in every election since 1904, with the sole exception of 1956.
"Chávez is delirious if he thinks we're going to follow him like sheep," said Ivonne Torrealba, 29, a hairdresser in Coche who supported Chávez in every election beginning with his first campaign for president in 1998.
Otherwise, federal courts run the risk of being "thrust into the details of virtually every election, tinkering with the state's election machinery, reviewing petitions, registration cards, vote tallies, and certificates of election for all manner of error and insufficiency under state and federal law".
Annoying for the parties, no doubt, to approach every election cycle with millions of voters shrugging their shoulders and asking, "What have you done for me lately?" But isn't that the question the voters should always be quick to ask?(Photo credit: AFP).
"Power Politics III" is the grandfather of political games, having put a version out for every election since 1992 (with the exception of 2000, when designer Randy Chase was unable to find a publisher).
From 1992 to 2008, Democrats won the overall women's vote in every presidential election, with Mr. Obama defeating Senator John McCain four years ago 56 percent to 43 percent among women, according to exit polls.
