Clearly, Georgia Republicans supported the law because they believed that making it harder for blacks and poor people to vote would help their electoral chances.

If his own party had listened to his findings and thoughts on the Underclass eleven years ago, it might have better electoral chances now.

Some union leaders and Democratic consultants say this split could set back the party's electoral chances.

The ensuing bad publicity played a contributing factor to LeBlanc losing a gubernatorial election in 1952 and effectively halting his future statewide electoral chances.

His objective seemed to be to save the Radical party's electoral chances by matching promise for promise the prospectus of the rival Justicialist party.

And if he further cuts the flow of funds to defense contractors, he could plunge California deeper into recession, jeopardizing his electoral chances in that pivotal state.

The Constitutional Court found that the rules violated the constitutional requirement of fairness and equality of electoral chances.

Mr. Ortega's electoral chances have little to do with Sandinismo.

Overall, gender stereotypes appear to be more detrimental to the electoral chances of Republican women than Democratic women.

The advocacy of spending is concentrated in vocal and influential communities and client groups that can affect the electoral chances of politicians.