Word: margin
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Kerry has also had to fight the image of privileged pol, which was vivified in one of the most bitter exchanges of the Democratic primary race, which Kerry won by a narrow margin over Rep. James M. Shannon (D. Lawrence). In a radio debate with Kerry, Shannon said. "The middle name Forbes doesn't give you the right to go around impugning people's integrity." Kerry had attacked Shannon for the alleged role he played in giving a tax break to a local life insurance company...
Reagan pads his margin while Mondale tries to buffer his party...
Reagan will try personally to help out a few precarious Republican incumbents in the Senate with campaign swings through their states over the next week. But the Reaganauts' main concern is scoring a big national victory. Even if Mondale manages to cut the popular vote margin to less than 10 points, Republican strategists believe, Reagan can achieve an electoral landslide that would give him enormous psychological leverage over Congress next year. Their definition of a landslide: anything as big as the 489 electoral votes they...
...final presidential debate, 54% said they planned to vote for Reagan and George Bush, vs. only 30% for Mondale and his running mate Geraldine Ferraro. Some 15% were undecided. But when they were asked which way they were leaning and their answers were factored in, the pro-G.O.P. margin swelled to 26 points (59% for Reagan, 33% for Mondale...
...Since September, Mondale has improved slightly in the Northeast and Midwest but still trails Reagan by 10% and 22%, respectively. Mondale has also been unable to call home the traditionally Democratic labor vote. Among union households, Reagan now leads 46% to 38%, seven points more than his September margin...