However, the unexpected pan-blue coalition victory in the December 2004 legislative election considerably changed the electoral landscape.
The political, though not electoral, landscape is largely male-dominated.
Even the general's proto-candidacy, brief and ambiguous as it was, had lent life to a drab electoral landscape.
Since then there has been greater political alteration in the provincial electoral landscape in Fredericton.
The Christian Democrats are faced with another important change in the electoral landscape.
But on Thursday, state legislators decided that it was time to upend the electoral landscape.
The electoral landscape, however, is vast and fickle, apt to change over the next many months.
Boundary changes have also shaken up the electoral landscape of the South Island.
There are plenty of ways to enforce the law without creating the impression that it is tilting the electoral landscape in favor of Republicans.
Still, the uncertain electoral, financial and military landscape did not seem to discourage dozens of those attending the conference from pursuing their goals.