But for now Labour rules supreme, and politicians without parties fare badly in Britain.
But as the thoughtful delegate knows very well, when voters are uncertain what Plaid Cymru's USP is - their unique selling point - they fare badly in elections.
Why does Gore fare badly with male voters?
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The Liberal Democrats need not worry too much about that because, as traditional Europhiles, they always fare badly in European elections. (By contrast, they always do well in local elections.) More alarming for its leaders, they, like Labour, fared much worse in their strong areas.
Economies that are too small to extract concessions from their bigger bilateral negotiating partners fare particularly badly.
How did companies with such a promising beginning fare so badly?
Why, the delegates asked, did the SPD fare so badly at a time when capitalism was discredited and voters were looking to the government for help?
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Those earlier studies suggest that mergers dreamt up late in the economic cycle and at the top of a bull market tend to fare particularly badly.
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And really, in the grand scheme of things, Dolby didn't fare that badly, an artist who rode the major label rollercoaster and actually managed to make a name for himself in the process.
Even though urban health care receives a disproportionate share of total government spending on health, many urban residents fare just as badly.
Imagine That, about a financial executive who gets investment advice from his daughter's imaginary friends, will likely fare almost as badly at the box office.
The new fare cards were so badly administered that a moratorium had to be declared on all bus fares.
Senate Democrats fare poorly (36% positive-56%), but not as badly as both Senate Republicans (14%-77%) and Speaker John Boehner (16%-68%), who are pounded by all sides.
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