It was this stance, which first brought it a rich harvest of votes, that proved to be a stumbling block as it fell short of an electoral majority in 1996.
As for Obama being unpopular, the Republicans mistakenly believe that the loud, passionate minority of haters, birthers, and factional zealots like the tea party will convert magically into an electoral majority.
Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his Thai Rak Thai party won an overwhelming electoral majority in early 2005.
Not for nothing have political insiders taken to calling the GOP path to an Electoral College majority the equivalent of drawing to an inside straight.
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After the unresolved presidential election of 1824, when none of the four candidates achieved an Electoral College majority, the House met the following January to decide the outcome.
They have to win an outright majority of electoral votes to capture the White House.
Mr Shevardnadze's pro-western party did rather well, getting 42% of the vote and, thanks to the country's electoral system, an absolute majority of seats.
The three representatives all came to Washington in 2010, when voters dealt Obama an electoral blow by giving Republicans a majority in the House.
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Mr Major's electoral triumph won him an overall parliamentary majority of only 21 seats.
But the birth of a new electoral alliance on the right could rob him once again of an overall majority.
Indeed, because the electoral system for the assembly makes it extremely difficult for any one party to win an overall majority, then every vote really does count.
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