If a glowing prospect is held out then a successful candidate will expect it.
If parties and candidates actually expected everyone to vote, they might find themselves having to revise their strategies, raising quite different issues.
But if the candidates expect to get credit for the civilized tone of the Presidential campaign here, they may well be disappointed.
Some candidates are reportedly handing out money and expect votes in return.
A candidate from Hudson County should expect a lot more.
Since no one is forced to run for office, candidates should expect to disclose personal health information as part of the privacy they yield.
That's usually a signal that the local candidate expects the national candidate to win his state.
But the old candidate expects crime, patriotism and race to not catch the President short.
A candidate should expect to be under constant observation and evaluation by their cadre.
Neither candidate expects the Presidential race to create a coattails effect in his campaign.