Though support for the measure has slipped, opinion polls still show that it will pass.
Consumer confidence and retailers' reports reinforced the idea that the last support of the economy was slipping.
In some polls, his support has actually slipped a bit in recent weeks.
The Mayor has been sensitive to suggestions that his support among minorities is slipping.
Until about a month ago, polls predicted the party would win 40 or more seats, but its support has been slipping steadily.
However, close friends of Grant saw that his public support was slipping.
Tucker received only 5 percent of the convention votes, an indication his support may have slipped during the previous three years.
Austria joined the union in 1995, but recent polls showed support for membership had slipped to about 33 percent.
But that support had slipped from 67 percent in a poll taken right after the Columbine shootings.
The humiliating defeat brought to attention how much Levy's support had slipped.