If the hospital remained open, would hospital supporters claim "victory"

[Corey Rossen]

Supporters of the hospital (notice I did not say SLH) claim that the margin of "victory" was so small that it was not actually a "victory" at all....so....if the 52/48 votes had swayed the other direction with the hospital remaining open, would they have claimed a "victory" even by such a small margin? Or would this also be considered a "non-victory" by their supporters?

If the logic works for one side, it must work for the other, right?