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der Ausschlag (skin) rash; swing, deflection (of compass needle, etc.); decisive factor
den Ausschlag geben to be the decisive/deciding factor
Bei einem extrem knappen Wahlausgang im restlichen Bundesgebiet könnten 219 000 Dresdner mit ihrer Stimme den Ausschlag geben.
In the case of an extremely close election in the rest of Germany, 219,000 voters in Dresden could be the deciding factor with their vote.
(Germans go to the polls on Sept. 18, 2005. The sudden death of a candidate in Dresden means that the election there will take place later than in the rest of Germany. See the deutsche Bundestagswahl blog.)
Related: (einen) Ausschlag bekommen to break out in a rash; ausschlaggebend decisive, deciding
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