The information extends from the presidential race to state legislative contests.
Doing well in legislative contests requires recruiting and campaigning for hundreds of candidates.
The legislative contests in Albany are sure to be a top priority, too.
But their role in legislative contests in past years has been less aggressive than that of religious opponents.
Intense interest in the presidential election is expected to bring a massive voter turnout that many politicians believe could affect legislative contests.
Today's election also includes several heated legislative contests, including primaries for open seats in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens, and primary challenges to sitting legislators in Queens, Manhattan, the Bronx and Westchester County.
It averaged some 10 percent of the vote in the first two parliamentary elections (1999 and 2004) but dropped to about 5 and 6 percent of the tally, respectively, in the 2009 and 2014 legislative contests.
A15 Dispute Over Election Timing Prime Minister Lionel Jospin of France, left, made an unexpected call to hold the 2002 presidential election before legislative contests, which could undercut the re-election strategy of President Jacques Chirac, who opposes the plan.
And the tentativeness among Democrats on the issue reflects a basic uncertainty about how resentment of illegal immigration could affect not only the legislative contests set for next fall, but next month's town and county elections across the state.
