Word: balloting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...person or persons with the greatest potential to negotiate his way to a first-ballot victory will be the candidate who is hottest at the end," Michael said...
Elected with 37% of the vote last December, when opposition leaders split 55% of the ballot, Roh promised to heed the views of his opponents. He vowed not to be "one who is pushed around by mobs either." At week's end, in its first major postinaugural act, the new government announced an amnesty for 1,712 people who had been arrested on political charges...
...these are so, well, imprecise. When the ballot comes in the mail the coach thinks, "Well, who killed us this year?" and to refresh his memory, he often has to refer to stats instead of intangibles...
...percent. Rep. Richard Gephardt (D.-Mo.), who visited the state several times, had 8 percent of the vote and Sen. Paul Simon (D.-III.), who made no real effort, had 6 percent. Hart had 4 percent and Sen. Albert Gore Jr. (D.-Tenn.) was not on the ballot...
...draws only 15% of likely Republican voters there in TIME's poll. He also attracts wall-to-wall hostility. When registered voters from both parties are asked which candidates "would you definitely not vote for," Robertson tops the list with 72%. Only 17% say they would consider casting a ballot...