As ever, electoral arithmetic and realpolitik will decide.

Civil rights groups seeking the support of Southern Democrats had some compelling electoral arithmetic on their side.

What's more, the electoral arithmetic of AV gives a unique advantage to the party that comes third.

The opposition could beat the governing party handily in elections on July 2, 2000, if the parties joined forces, the electoral arithmetic indicates.

A major factor was the electoral arithmetic.

His aides stress that the contest will "not be decided for months", and due to the electoral arithmetic they are probably correct.

In a three-way race played out in only 24 days, the electoral arithmetic will quickly become as important as the rhetoric.

The hard electoral arithmetic is that if you don't win with this group, you can't win.

Although some way off with regard to current electoral arithmetic, it is better to have stated position.

Bottom line - the electoral arithmetic is with the Egyptian poor.