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Why the successful prefer being average to extreme

By John Kay

Published: November 14 2006 02:00 | Last updated: November 14 2006 02:00

The Democrats won Montana by 3,000 votes and Virginia by 7,000. If either of these US senate races had come out differently, the future of the Bush presidency would also be different.

In Florida 2000, a relative handful of votes handed George W. Bush rather than Al Gore victory.

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