Margin of Victory Quotes

A [Presidential] candidate, confident of winning or sure of losing a bare majority of a state’s popular vote has no reason to expend resources there.

You can't ultimately dodge defeat by winning close elections.

You can lose when you outscore somebody in a game. And you can win when you're outscored.

The difference between an 8-8 team and a team that goes 12-4 is not that much, and I think we realize that.

Second doesn't mean anything in cycling.

The higher up the rugby ladder you go, the differences between winning and losing games get smaller and smaller.

Hillary [Clinton] was selected by only 8 percent of the population. [Donald] Trump, by only 7 percent

President James Buchanan's margin of victory in the election was fifty thousand dollars.

And when you start talking about the practicality of winning a race like that - you've got to remember we're not talking about winning 51 percent of the vote. We're talking about winning 36, 37, 38 percent of the vote.

I think there can be some disagreement as to whether Kerry really won Wisconsin or not.

We know from experience that anything can happen in games against strong opponents; nuances can make the difference.

You never know. One point can make a difference in the end.

If Mr. [Donald] Trump is up 10 or 15 points on Election Day and ends up losing, then, you know, maybe he can raise some questions. That doesn't seem to be the case at that moment.

As a longtime political operative, I know firsthand how a vote here or a vote there can make a huge difference in a close election.

Where you have close races, money can make all the difference in the world.

Any time Detroit scores more than 100 points and holds the other team below 100 points they almost always win.

I understand personally that it is frustrating to lose presidential elections by narrow margins.

My old coach used to say two points was two points.

Often in football a game is really balanced and one small detail will make the difference between winning and losing. We try to find the detail that makes the difference for us.

The games can go any way. As we know in this league, you can win by 30 or lose by 30 the next night. That is just the way the league is.

If Scott Brown can win in a state that President Obama won by 26 points, I can win in a district that Obey won by just 20 points against an unknown, underfunded challenger in the Democratic landslide of 2008. It means there is not a single Democrat in the country who is safe.

You have to score one goal more than your opponents. That's the most important thing.

Two points doesn't seem like a lot, but there's only 2 points that separate the best from the worst sometimes.

Anything from 1-0 to 2-0 would be a nice result.

During a big tournament, it is the small details that make big differences.