41.   Defending West champion Auburn, with a single vote, Arkansas and Mississippi bring up the rear.

42.   Each department casts a single vote, with the decision made by majority rule.

43.   Finally, a single vote does matter.

44.   For purposes of tallying, the Olsen twins count as a single vote.

45.   For them and their fellow election officials, rejecting a single military vote was personally painful.

46.   George W. Bush had the presidency thrust upon him by a single vote in the Supreme Court.

47.   He and five members voted for the contract, but Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky dissented, causing the motion to fail by a single vote.

48.   He became county chairman of the Republican Party and lost a race for state Senate by a single vote.

49.   He finished a distant third, trailing the major-party candidates and failing to win a single electoral vote.

50.   He passed his first budget, substantially lowering the deficit, without a single Republican vote.