 Abrams spent much of the remainder of the campaign trying to get Ferraro 's endorsement . Ferraro , enraged and bitter after the nature of the primary , ignored Abrams and accepted Bill Clinton 's request to campaign for his presidential bid instead . She was eventually persuaded by state party leaders into giving an unenthusiastic endorsement with just three days to go before the general election , in exchange for an apology by Abrams for the tone of the primary . D 'Amato won the election by a very narrow margin . The Ferraro @-@ Holtzman fighting of the campaign was viewed as a disaster by many feminists , but overall the 1992 U.S. Senate elections saw so many victories that it became known as the " Year of the Woman " . 
