party loyalty

They may be moved by a sense of party loyalty.

Elected officials should have the people's interest first and party loyalty second.

True enough, but other times party loyalty asks too little.

"There was such a thing as party loyalty," he says of his days in power.

Party loyalty is a virtue only in the eyes of the leaders.

For that reason, party loyalty is basic to political survival.

I selected my staff on the basis of ability, not party loyalty.

Local issues, rather than party loyalties, defined each race, he said.

That, he said, indicates party loyalty no longer runs very deep.

He said party loyalty meant less to him than bringing more money into his district for economic development and health care.

He is doing it a time when, nationwide, voters are moving away from party loyalty.

For Conservatives the most important expression of party loyalty to the leader.

How did party loyalty get such a bad name?

As a Senator he was dedicated to principles rather than party loyalty.

Such votes are typically tests of party loyalty, and today was no different.

Rather, the researchers found that issues reinforced political party loyalties.

But this Democratic edge in party loyalty has been reduced somewhat since 1988.

This is one case, however, where principle must override party loyalty.

Party loyalty also seemed much softer among those who voted in the Democratic primary.

It's a standard description of party loyalty, applied most often in my experience to white Democrats.

Voters of all parties could vote for him without a crossing their personal party loyalty.

When the Republicans were not in power, there was ruthless control over members to maintain party loyalty.

They may be true independents or people with wobbly party loyalty.

But party loyalty is not to be counted upon.

For Republicans, the issue remains one of party loyalty.