They wanted to win the election, and they felt they had a better chance for victory with a military hero like General Taylor.

VOA: special.2009.03.12

The southern states did not want Abraham Lincoln to win the election of eighteen sixty.

VOA: special.2009.07.16

If they did not, Republican William McKinley was sure to win the election.

VOA: special.2010.07.01

This gave him enough to win the election.

VOA: special.2010.03.04

To win the election on Sunday, one of the candidates must secure at least 50 percent of the vote.

VOA: standard.2010.06.17

To win the presidential election of eighteen sixty, the Republican Party had decided it needed a man of the people.

VOA: special.2009.06.11

At first,people wondered: would President Hayes keep the promises that were made to help him win the election.

VOA: special.2010.03.11

The expression was first used in the southern part of the United States to describe the use of force to win an election.

VOA: special.2009.02.15

He was the first Democratic Party candidate to win a presidential election in almost twenty-eight years.

VOA: special.2010.05.06

However,these parties will still require a substantial swing if they are to win power at the next election.

VOA: standard.2009.12.21

But it sounded like a campaign speech as Gordon Brown, at the very start, vowed a fight to win next year's election.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

Few analysts had expected his cabinet choices to win such broad approval, especially after his controversial re-election, following the disputed June 12 election.

VOA: standard.2009.09.03

The May 6 general election is expected to be the closest in decades, with polls suggesting that no party will win an outright majority.

VOA: standard.2010.04.22

Jean Mamboundou says opposition parties have failed to heed civil society's call for a single candidate because many believe they can win the election outright on their own.

VOA: standard.2009.08.28

Major rifts within the opposition have been cited as the biggest factor likely to thwart efforts by their leader Anwar Ibrahim to win control of government at the next election,due by 2013, although some analysts say a poll could be held as early as next year.

VOA: standard.2009.12.21