With so little between the sides, just one thing could decide the outcome.
This could well decide the outcome of the extremely close contest between the parties for control of the House.
The clash between Mitt Romney and Barack Obama in a town hall-style meeting in Long Island could decide the outcome of the election.
But, as pollsters also attest, they would probably have voted Labour anyway: they are not the suburban floaters who decide the outcome of British general elections.
After the unresolved presidential election of 1824, when none of the four candidates achieved an Electoral College majority, the House met the following January to decide the outcome.
France's antipathy for the deal may have mellowed into a typical Gallic shrug: On Thursday, French Finance Minister Thierry Breton said shareholders, not governments, would decide the outcome.
The insurance company underwriters decide the outcome of this scenario.
Mr. THOR HERN (Attorney): I saw this an effort of the Court to stay out of, to the extent they can, these election disputes and let voters and the election officials decide the outcome.
Ministers argued voters should be the ones to decide the outcome of the poll but critics said it was right for Parliament to determine what should happen if turnout is below a certain level.
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Rosicky was bundled over by Alvaro Pereira inside the box and as the referee allowed play to continue, Porto broke away to set up the controversial goal that was to eventually decide the outcome of the match.
With her rival gradually accumulating pledges of support from the Super Delegates - the members of the party hierarchy who look set to decide the outcome of the nomination race - she badly needs a similar result in Pennsylvania.
The military vote might even make a difference in Ohio (18 votes), not usually considered to be a state with major defense presence, because the thousands of military and civilian personnel who work at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton could decide the outcome of a tight statewide race.
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They get that the decision to go social needs to happen sooner rather than later, and once that decision is made consistent and committed action will decide much of the outcome.
The most probable outcome is that the courts will decide, on a number of possible technicalities, to annul the April 2nd vote, and order another one.
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But people should weigh the risk of that outcome against the harm of allowing each incoming administration to decide what everyone can and cannot watch.
But it it likely to be the outcome of the battle between two sets of formidable forwards that will decide if it is South African captain John Smit or Vickery that gets their hands on the trophy.
Depending on the outcome of the probe, it would decide whether to take any actions, the RBI had said.
Republic of Ireland manager Steve Staunton said that he won't decide on whether to add more players to the squad until he sees the outcome of Wednesday night's Championship play-off between West Brom and Wolves.
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The outcome of their appeal, filed Aug. 2, will decide the fate of the strictest state privacy law on the books, and the crucial issue of whether federal law preempts such state laws.
Obviously Gaikai wants to make a splash with quality titles, but the reasoning goes further than that -- if gamers play a demo through the service and decide the title's not for them, that game's publisher ends up paying for a negative outcome.
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