stay the course

“Right now, just stay the course.”

Clippers coach Tyronn Lue had mostly wanted his team to stay the course while in their funk, but he also wanted his group to clean up some things.

Political science fundamentals would tell us that this was a "change" election year — people think the nation is heading in the wrong direction, the incumbent president is unpopular, and people's personal economic situation is stressed — but it was hard to know whetherpeople would prefer to "stay the course" or "change," because Trump was also a deeply unpopular president.

Save funds for emergencies, create a budget, contribute to a retirement plan and stay the course in investing.

A clue perhaps to how he managed to stay the course and see off one of Africa's most successful political parties.