Many an election is won by a smaller margin than that!

However he lost the general election in 2009 by a small margin.

He even won the first round of elections by a small margin.

This second time, the Dutch team won with a small margin.

There is only a small margin of the night left.

He lost the election by a small margin having won nearly 48 percent of the vote.

Most of the counties were won and lost by small margins.

In 2004 Bush won the county by a much smaller margin.

These games have often been decided at the last minute and by small margins.

She won by a smaller margin than many people had expected.