Word: marginals
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fact that most of the state's labor leaders backed Hubert. Equally new in primary-voting patterns was the South Dakota Senator's popularity with blacks and Mexican-Americans, among whom he tied with Humphrey. Though he carried the senior citizen vote by a 2-to-1 margin in some earlier primaries this year, Humphrey's lead dropped off sharply to a slim 7% winning margin among voters aged 55 and over...
...they had yielded and agreed to a middle-road measure. This compromise had swiftly passed the Senate, and was before the House for final action. At the end of the roll call, the yeas led by only 145 to 139, but then late voters added to the margin and some members switched. The measure passed...
...rent control in Cambridge. Liberal members of the new Council obtained a court order that prevented City officials from closing the rent control administration and questioned the legality of the order to abolish it. On January 10, the new City Council restored rent control by a 6-2 margin and created a five-member Rent Control Board in place of an Administrator...
...Harvard defense with a few completions, and went back to Marinaro to take a 21-10 lead. A late game rally ended abruptly when Foster underthrew two wide-open receivers in the Cornell endzone, and once again an interception left the Crimson defeated by a 21-16 margin...
...signatures needed to put Proposition Nine on the ballot. And when a Harris poll sampled voter opinion on the issue last February, California's political and business leaders (and union leaders as well) learned to their horror that the voters favored the measure by a margin...