The experts I have been talking to say that, yes, in a close election the debates can matter.
In a close election, this could help turn the tide one way or the other.
And it's entirely possible things like that will happen if it's a close election this fall.
Those are all the fixings for a close election, measured by percent of the popular vote.
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Especially in a close election year, a careful sprinkling of these words could make all the difference.
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Following a campaign rich in lawsuits and mudslinging, a close election could severely test the Philippines' 18-year-old democracy.
The only reason that this is going to be a close election is because people are still hurting.
Such a "cure" would also be a litigator's delight in a close election.
Could a close election be turned by a concerted effort of minute interventions?
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We know that this is a close election and we need to compete for every vote that we can compete for.
Indeed, in what promises to be a close election, nothing should be taken for granted and no vulnerability of an opponent ignored.
If the second indeed proves to be uppermost in the minds of American voters, however, this should not be a close election at all.
Across enough small states, 500, 000 votes might decide a close election.
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We saw, for example, in the 2000 election what happened, and it's entirely possible things like that will happen if it's a close election this fall.
My well informed contact in the region suggests that that single admission could be enough to lose the PM a close election, such is the passion for Marmite.
As a rallying call, community leaders underscore that Asian Americans, who make up 6% of California's registered voters, could help decide the state's presidential race in a close election.
Indeed for most of the second quarter, fiscal uncertainty hung over both countries: in Britain because of a close election, in Germany because of commitments to help Greece and other countries.
Granted, Bush and Gore will make it a tough contest and a close election, but -- based on returns in Reaganland -- the Republicans' anointed candidate appears to be the wrong man at the wrong time in the wrong place.
"Asian Americans can only think of themselves as a swing vote in a very close election, " says Bruce Cain, a political scientist at the University of California, Berkeley.
Overall, Bush won the Catholic vote 52% to 47%, a vital factor in a relatively close election.
But it is still a useful vote bank in a very close election.
On the basis of my trip to Anavra, I would say this is going to be a very close election.
Battling for votes in a very close election, Bush and Kerry have frequently traded barbs on the issue, which especially hits home with seniors.
In the first term, the focus was on headline-hogging conflicts in Ivory Coast, Somalia, Sudan and South Sudan and even a close-run election in Zambia.
And that is getting close to a general election campaign and anything can happen then.
The stakes are high in what could be a very close-fought election.
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