"You can easily pick up 10 percent if you get the first ballot position."

The gubernatorial results determine ballot position for all elections for the next four years.

New Jersey party organizations have always been able to give their top ballot position to candidates in local races.

Several state affiliates have kept their ballot positions and have allied with other small parties.

There is now even talk of reviving his presidential candidacy before formal ballot positions are decided in March.

"What we won is a fair and equitable ballot position for every candidate," she said.

A system like this makes high ballot position both a cause and an effect of high electoral support.

A party must receive at least 50,000 votes in a gubernatorial election to assure a ballot position throughout the state for the next four years.

Also, the court would be less likely to deny a ballot position to a sitting United States senator who is running.

At the same time, the total votes a party's line gets in a gubernatorial election determines its ballot position.