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  • n  a district of a city or town marked out for administrative purposes

  • The post-election analyst, provided one of the most memorable stories by going out on the beat at the precinct level.
  • Website blotters, on the other hand, can affordably offer every color portrait the local precinct shoots.
  • But the sheet drawn up by the precinct chairwoman, an Obama supporter had listed the 9 Clinton precinct delegates first, followed by the 16 Obama delegates.
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  • Luke Esser in International Herald Tribune
    I'm even more confident now,Esser said. "These latest batch of results confirms what I said last night. It's a close race, but it's clear Sen. McCain will win the Washington state precinct caucuses. Had it been Gov. Huckabee with a small,...
  • Michael Dukakis in International Herald Tribune
    _GRASS-ROOTS ORGANIZE: "I am obsessive about precinct-based organizing," says Michael Dukakis, the 1988 Democratic nominee who lost to George HW Bush. "We've got to get serious about this stuff. It's not just money and media."
  • Ian Macdonald in The Age
    Macdonald said a breakout of EI at Randwick would be disastrous as "there are over 700 horses in that precinct and they represent the cream of racing in NSW".

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