Word: runoff
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Yeltsin knows better than anyone else, the centrist voters are key, and Kuptsov thinks Zyuganov has the edge in capturing them. "We should win, because more of those people are hurting economically than have managed to get rich," he says. Kuptsov sees the electoral math of a runoff like this: "Yavlinsky's support will split 60% for Yeltsin; we'll get 80% of Lebed's followers and 70% of Zhirinovsky's. The rest will be shared about equally." Agrees Andrei Kozyrev, Yeltsin's former Foreign Minister: "I'm afraid that might be exactly right...
...growers, both Southern cane farmers and Midwestern beet growers, outfoxed not only congressional reformers but also a high-powered coalition of sugar and sweetener users such as Coca-Cola and Hershey Foods. These opponents were joined by environmental groups, particularly those in Florida, where phosphorus-laden runoff from sugarcane fields has been turning stretches of the Everglades into cattail-clogged waters...
...months will decide not only Russia's next President but also the future of its experiment with economic and political reform. To qualify for the ballot, each candidate must collect 1 million signatures by April 14. The election is expected to be a two-step process, with a runoff in June or July between the two top contenders...
...Yeltsin wins a place in the runoff, he has a reasonable chance of returning to office, but he faces a daunting battle to survive the first cut. His approval ratings barely make it into two digits, his policies are under siege, and his health is shaky. He has succeeded in wrenching his nation from its statist past, but he has failed to shove it into a stable and prosperous capitalist future. Corruption, chaotic change and arbitrary rules are exploited by criminals and a class of well-connected nouveau riche, while ordinary Russians seethe over lost jobs, unpaid wages...
...results last month suggest that in the first round of voting for President in June, one of the two winners will be the Communist Party candidate, whether it is Zyuganov or someone else he decides to put forward. But who will be the other contender in the runoff? Unless the government and the splintered reform forces manage to unite in support of a single candidate, the other entry might not be Yeltsin or any other reformer. It could be the man whose party was the second favorite among Russian voters last month: Zhirinovsky...