The phrase "a slight lead for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are discussing a competitive situation, such as sports, elections, or any scenario involving rankings or scores.
Example: "After the first half of the game, the home team has a slight lead for the championship title."
Alternatives: "a narrow advantage for" or "a small edge for".
Mr. Schundler's campaign even released a memo from its pollster today showing he had taken a slight lead for the first time.
This was annoying to Kerry-Edwards campaigners in the state when the president and Senator Kerry were close in the polls, but less so, Mr. Adler said, now that the debates have reopened a slight lead for Mr. Kerry.
Public polls in Texas show a virtual dead heat, if not a slight lead for Mr. Obama, while Mrs. Clinton has been holding onto a small lead in Ohio.
Perhaps more important, the fact that the national polls now suggest a slight lead for Mr. Obama removes one of the better reasons to think that our forecast might have been underrating Mr. Romney's chances.
For his part, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran, which has showered equally large sums on its Lebanese protégés, predicts that their victory will bolster the "resistance"—to Israel and the West and change the balance of power in the region.But although some opinion polls suggest a slight lead for the opposition, the result may well be close.
The polls moved in the direction of Barack Obama immediately after the Democratic convention, very quickly reversed themselves and moved toward John McCain after the Republican convention, then settled back to show a slight lead for Mr. Obama — pretty much what the convention bounce adjustment had predicted.
Pittsburgh fell two games behind St . Louis which beat Colorado 4-3, firstirst place in the NL Central division, but still has a slight lead over Cincinnati for the first wild-card spot.
The French Institute for Demographic Studies INEDD) says: "The number of men and women in the world is roughly equal, though men hold a slight lead with 102 men for 100 women (in 2010).
Other national polls now show a very slight lead for President Obama on average, while state polls continue to indicate a narrow advantage for the president in tipping-point states like Ohio.
Nearly every forecast that evaluates the election based on state polls seems to hint at a very slight lead for Mr. Obama in the popular vote, along with in the Electoral College.
Independent Greg Orman has eked out a slight lead on incumbent Republican Pat Roberts for Kansas's Senate seat, spurring the GOP to send every famous politician it can find to go shake Roberts's hand.
