The local economy, too, has been flush with all the building, which has helped win voter support.

In the 1958 election, voter support for Republicans continued to diminish.

All five candidates spent the last few weeks seeking to convert their outrage over the tax increase into voter support.

But in what situations has such an approach won voter support?

The ban, known as Proposal 2, won 59 percent of voter support.

A March 2012 poll reported that the revived party had about 1% of voter support.

But that has not appeared to translate to voter support.

He failed to get voter support for $50 million in necessary highway improvements.

Conservatives call for a more limited federal presence and discount the possibility of significant black voter support.

Indeed, open challenge and the need to win voter support for military budgets tend to make Western defense leaders even more conservative.