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...numbers in the end did not hold up quite that well, but almost. Reagan failed by an eyelash to get the 50-state sweep he had aimed for, but he carried 49 states, only the second time that has been done (Richard Nixon was first...
...James C. Thomson Jr., curator of the Nieman fellowships, disagreed with Reagan-victory sentiment, saying he believes Carter will capture at least the popular vote "by an eyelash...
...every trend there is a puzzling offsetting countertrend. If some national polls show the President now leading by an eyelash, many state polls show Rea gan ahead by small margins among the people most likely to vote. If Anderson backers in most states are drifting toward Carter, those in Michigan are mainly moderate Republicans who are moving to Reagan, preserving the Californian's narrow lead in that all-important state...
...tiny tide one way or another. These "external sources of conflict," to use the language of the experts, can dramatically bring "coherence" to a confused domestic political picture by scaring people to one side or the other. Burns Roper calls this year's race closer than the eyelash contest of Kennedy-Nixon in 1960, and his research of the data from 50 years shows that every international scare benefited the incumbent President. Yet the dynamics of this election are so bizarre that none of the experts will rule out the possibility of such an incident's turning against...
...grin saluted the cathedral's spires. Just as suddenly he realized his peril and barked: "That's off the record." J.F.K. allowed Cardinal Cushing to come down from Boston to give a prayer at his Inaugural. With Kennedy's victory certified, if only by an eyelash, it was apparent that the old fears about Roman Catholics in high office were nearly extinguished...