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...Bush's margin of victory in Florida...
...This year's 35-day affair didn't so much elect a president as pick one out of a hat. A cleanly split Florida populace faced up to a systemic margin of error that exceeded its margin of preference. That resulted in a statistical tie, finally resolved by the armies of political henchmen - pols, pundits, judges and lawyers - who traditionally are required to stand down for this one day of the year. And everybody walked away with a bad taste in their mouth...
...course, democracy isn't perfect and life isn't fair, not even on Election Day. But we can at least whittle down our margin of error - and increase our cushion of trust - to modern standards. And these days, what machine do we trust the most? The friendly neighborhood...
...Gusmorino's victory came as a surprise to many council observers--especially considering his 500-vote margin...
...voted on a special "Bibi Bill" to allow any citizen to run in February's poll, which is only for the post of prime minister (the law had previously restricted the elections to members of the current parliament). Although polls have Netanyahu leading Barak by a 2-to-1 margin, the former prime minister demurred rather than pursue a landslide victory and inherit Barak's lame-duck status. In the best-case scenario, he'd be able to count on only 58 votes in the 120-seat legislature...