This is hardly the first time either party has struggled to recover from an election.

Without lawyers, parties will struggle to prepare and present their cases.

Each party is struggling to adjust, and neither seems fully in control.

The party struggled, despite the public's strong focus on the green movement and global warming.

As the campaign for governor kicks off 15 months ahead of the Democratic primary, the party is struggling to figure out what that might mean.

As the parties struggled for power in Parliament, tensions rose.

But both parties struggled to find clear advantage on issues from the economy to terrorism.

That party, its original leadership gone, is struggling for survival in the state.

"But now the party is struggling just to keep up."

The party wars come as even majority political parties are struggling to maintain their power and influence beyond the local level.