Then came the nasty shock of the Liberal Democrat victory in the Brent East by-election in which the Conservative candidate came a poor third.
His friendliness to blacks, according to Webster Brooks, the political director of the National Black Republican Leadership Council, is intended to increase his share of the black vote in the mid-west, which could provide the margin of victory in the region that traditionally decides the election.
Mr Patten is credited with securing the Conservatives' election victory in the 1992 general election but lost his own Bath seat.
The primary is Feb. 26 and the winner is expected to coast to victory in the April 19 general election given the district is overwhelmingly Democratic.
Circuit, but Democrats in the Senate, sensing a victory in the approaching 1992 election, refused to let him come up for a vote.
The Lib Dems have claimed victory in the Eastleigh by-election, with the official result yet to be announced.
The Lib Dems tasted victory in the Eastleigh by-election last week when they held the seat but with a reduced share of the vote, ahead of the UK Independence Party.
This gentler Conservatism (and some reckless spending) helped Mr Major win the prize for which the party had sacrificed his predecessor: an unexpected victory in the general election of 1992.
In every election since the second world war, falling unemployment in the spring of election year has foretold victory for the party in charge of the White House.
He survived the episode and went on to victory in the 2006 election.
The centre-left's victory in the general election of 1996 shook Mr Fini, though his own party got 6m votes.
Nevertheless, when we see that Obama's poll numbers have dropped back to the margin of victory he had in the election and have even gone underwater on his handling of health care, it really shouldn't make us give up on the prospect of reform.
The former King, Simeon of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, swept to parliamentary victory in the 2001 election, but never quite settled into the prime minister's chair.
The final polls of the year point to a thumping victory for the Liberal-lead conservative coalition in the 2013 election, just as they did at the beginning of the year.
That effort is a reminder that when all the active-duty, reserve-component, retiree and dependent beneficiaries of the present system are added up, they exceed the margin of victory in many swing states during the 2008 election.
Meanwhile, Mr Salmond used his sixth visit to the constituency to claim an SNP victory in the Glenrothes by-election would lead to action by Westminster on energy bills.
And the nation's rising contempt for Bush and his administration helped Democrats achieve a stunning victory in the 2006 midterm election.
And in the U.S., the landslide election victory of Roosevelt (and of his Democratic party in Congress) at end-1936 followed by the Supreme Court ruling in favour of key New Deal legislation (Spring 1937) had caused deep anxiety about the future of the free enterprise economy.
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Parmjit Gill Singh's victory in the Leicester South by-election was the second rising Lib Dem star to inflict a damaging defeat on Labour in a once safe seat and push the Tories into the third place.
President Barack Obama easily won Wisconsin in 2008, but the Republican victory Tuesday now puts the state in play in the November general election, analysts agreed.
The very same polls got it drastically wrong in the last election of 2004, predicting a victory for the BJP-led coalition only to have the Congress party ultimately snatching the lead.
Meanwhile, in the UK, Mr Blair was facing renewed pressure to mount a campaign for British entry into the single currency in the wake of his landslide election victory.
With the Conservatives' General Election victory in 1992, people came to accept the inevitability of some form of constitutional reform which would prevent Tory domination of Scottish politics and the Scottish Office budget on the basis of electoral victory in England.
However, the victory of Francois Hollande in the French presidential election has sent a breeze of hope throughout the euro zone.
Although the council remains under a Conservative majority, the win is being regarded as a significant victory ahead of the county council election in May.
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Many hope that Romano Prodi, now at the European Commission in Brussels, will come home and lead the left to an election victory, as he did in 1996.
Presidents are also strongest where there is a perception among voters that the president has a mandate to push through major change, usually after the winning candidate in the presidential election has achieved a landslide victory (Lyndon Johnson after 1964).
The SNP swept to victory in last week's election, winning 69 of the 129 seats.
Indeed, Mr Fico looks poised to win a landslide victory in the upcoming election.
Kelly is expected to coast to victory in the April 19 general election given the district is overwhelmingly Democratic.
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