Word: margin
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...important as the outcome, however, is the margin of victory in those races...
...same poll, which has a plus or minus three-percent margin of error, placed Bush ahead of Buchanan 60 to 31 percent in the Republican totals...
Clinton, in several appearances yesterday,focused mainly on his own chances for success,despite polls which show him trailing Tsongas bysignificant margin. Citing the still undecidedportion of the electorate--seven percent in mostrecent polls--Clinton said he hoped to win NewHampshire...
...that debate has caused considerable political fallout. In 1976, a Georgia governor named Jimmy Carter, a virtual unknown in New Hampshire, opposed the plant and gained enough votes from liberal anti-nuclear voters to win the primary by a narrow margin. In 1980, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54-'56 (D-Mass.) boosted his ultimately unsuccessful campaign by stealing the issue back from the incumbent president...
...including UCLA, Caltech, Northwestern and the University of Virginia, will soon be able to play. So far, the market seems to be a better barometer than opinion polls. In 1988, the day before the election, Bush shares were trading 8 percentage points higher than DukakisU--almost exactly his victory margin in the popular vote. Currently, Clinton is the heavy favorite for the Democratic nomination, trading at 53 cents, followed by Kerrey at 14 cents. Tsongas is leading Harkin by nearly 2 cents; Jerry Brown started well at a penny but has fallen to 0.4 cents...