Nonwhites narrowly favored busing, while whites clearly did not, the survey found.

The county voted against stem-cell research, but narrowly favored the legalization of medical marijuana and voted to allow the sales of beer and liquor on Sundays.

Much to the disappointment of many in Frankfurt, however, the vote narrowly favored Bonn twice.

The result of the vote, which newspapers predict will narrowly favor restoring the rights of politicians, is seen as a confidence test for Prime Minister Ozal.

An Indianapolis Star poll in early September had Mr. Lugar up by 50 points, with even Democrats narrowly favoring him.

The Lille region's vote on the unity treaty, which went against a national result that narrowly favored European union, shocked the local authorities.

While registered Democrats narrowly favored Clinton 50-48, Independents largely favored Obama by a margin of 62-32; he also won all ideological groups.

In a poll last week, surveyed voters narrowly favored the $16 billion plan, which calls for 93 miles of rail lines and car-pool lanes.

The fate of a measure promoting clean energy remained unclear; voters appeared to be narrowly favoring it as of late yesterday evening.