Democrats do not argue with that, but insist that domestic concerns will still drive voters in congressional races.
Mr. Harris and his nine co-defendants have pleaded not guilty, arguing that the people who received $50 checks really did drive voters to the polls.
Firefighters are taking the day off to drive older voters to polling stations.
Ethics reform was a strong factor driving voters to overturn Republican control of Congress.
The driver told the police that he had been hired by the Democratic Party to drive voters to the polls to vote and distribute campaign literature.
Complicating that challenge,privacy is not, at first glance, a matter that would drive voters to one party or another.
The driver said he was hired by the Democratic Party to drive voters to the polls to both vote and hand out literature.
He said he was working with local election officials to find ways of preventing disruptions that could drive away impatient voters and reduce turnout.
The scandals, plus the traditional off-year swing against the president's party, will drive voters toward clean-cut Republican candidates.
The new party rapidly developed a powerful partisan culture, and energetic activists drove voters to the polls in unprecedented numbers.