Sentences with phrase «percentage point margin over»
Quinn's two percentage point margin over Weiner is well within the survey's sampling error, meaning the race can be considered a dead heat.
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And if his margin of loss stays over half a percentage point, he or his campaign will have to finance the recount.
An ABC News / Washington Post poll released on Sunday showed Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton with a 1 percentage point national lead over Republican rival Donald Trump, within the margin of error.
This explains our attitude which while hopeful of achieving a striking margin of superiority over average investment results, nevertheless, regards every percentage point of investment return above average as having real meaning.
One diplomat said the IAEA allows for a margin of error of 1 percentage point in such measurements, which means that Iran wasn't technically over the limit.
And in that election, older voters supported John McCain over President Obama by an eight - percentage - point margin, with 53 percent voting for Mr. McCain.
DiNapoli's margin of victory was over 200,000 votes, or four percentage points.
One poll released Thursday shows Cuomo leading Astorino by 40 percentage points and similar margins over other potential contenders, Trump and Buffalo businessman Carl Paladino.
In an unprecedented fashion, a sitting president was not merely denied a straight second term but was defeated by a margin of nearly 10 percentage points which translates into over one million votes in real terms and his party lost almost fifty parliamentary seats to concede their legislative advantage to the incoming president's party.
A report released Monday by the good - government group Citizens Union argued the current system for redistricting, dominated by the Democratic majority in the Assembly and Republicans who control the Senate, has led to less - competitive elections, reduced voter turnout and, over the past four election cycles, a 96 percent re-election rate for incumbents — who are returned to office by an average margin of victory of 61 percentage points.
Supporters of Mayor de Blasio point to the Hizzoner's big margin of victory over Albanese and others — he won 74 % of the vote, the biggest percentage in decades — but then - city controller Bill Thompsons tallied 71 % in 2009, without the advantage of being an incumbent.
News is second to email (65 %) among top tablet uses, and just ahead of playing games (60 %), but since the margin of error is over 5 percentage points, it is essentially a dead heat.
Ayres: Over the past 138 years, the wholesale lending rate for margin loans was just 0.34 percentage points above the T - bill rate.
i) Restructuring: A restoration of the division's historical margins could add over 7 percentage points to the company's overall operating margins (which would have a substantial positive impact on intrinsic value, under any Scenario!)