Job losses linger in toss-up states on election eve
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Tuesdayâs presidential election might be won or lost in eight states where the race is too close to call. What could tip the balance is jobs â-r the lack of them.
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WASHINGTON - President Bush has been solidifying his gains in states that once were dead heats, forcing both parties' campaigns to alter strategies as the electoral battleground shrinks. Democrat John Kerry is struggling to stay afloat in some hotly contested states, including Missouri, Wisconsin and Ohio, where polls show Bush pulling ahead...
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The presidential election has deeply divided many Americans, but in six states with close races for governor, local concerns prevail.
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Many cite economic woes as campaigning for the Feb. 18 election picks up Friday.
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In an election that could be decided by late events in close states, 10 states stand out as potentially the tightest as the 2004 presidential campaign enters its final days.
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Could differences in economic performance among the states actually determine how the election shakes out?
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There are just eight weeks until Nov. 7, the Election Day on which the nationÃ¢ÂÂs voters will determine which party controls the U.S. Senate and House and 36 of the 50 state governorships. Yet today, Sept. 12, is one of the busiest days on this yearÃ¢ÂÂs primary calendar, with nine states Ã¢ÂÂ Arizona, Delaware, Maryland, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont and Wisconsin Ã¢ÂÂ holding their primary contests.
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As job growth has picked up in many areas of the country, employment has continued to falter in some crucial battleground states.
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A handful of farm states are often ignored as a "fly-over zone" separating the populous coasts, but in this close election year they have become part of the battle for the White House.
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The presidential race remained a cliffhanger late Tuesday as initial vote totals rolled in from a historically high national turnout fueled by wartime anxiety.
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It&#39;s becoming increasingly clear that turnout will decide the 2004 election. While one candidate could still seize the momentum in the campaign&#39;s closing week, the election is so close in 12 states that the
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Lawsuits, missing absentee ballots and  accusations of bias -- from afar Tuesday's presidential  election in Florida already looks like the Third World-style  fiasco of 2000 that everyone wanted to avoid.
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Election Day is still two weeks away, but voters across the state have the option Monday of beginning to cast their ballots early in this pivotal battleground state.
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This was going to be the year a  compressed political calendar and a crush of contests on  February 5, when 22 states vote, would put an early end to the  race to choose U.S. presidential nominees.
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Political strategists determined early on that this year's White House race would come down to a block of uncommitted or &quot;swing&quot; voters in a smattering of US states.
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Sen. John Kerry has 237,400 reasons for hope in Ohio. That's the number of jobs Ohio has lost since President Bush won the state by 3.6 percentage points four years ago. Ohioans consider jobs and the economy their top concern, with terrorism and homeland security close behind.
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The candidates made their final pitches to voters in a state that has not previously had a starring role in the early stages of the presidential nomination process.