Iowa Electronic Markets Forecasted Bush Win in Presidential ...
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IOWA CITY, Iowa, Nov. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- The IEM continued its track record of predicting election vote-share, predicting Bush&#39;s victory within 1.1 percent of the actual outcome.
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President George W. Bush led John Kerry by 5 percentage points among likely voters in a Washington Post daily tracking poll. A Reuters/Zogby International poll taken during the same period showed the candidates about even.
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Investor's Business Daily - President Bush said the long-term outlook was bright despite current troubles. "Given the economy's strong basic structure, free mobility of labor, relatively low taxes, well-balanced capital markets and openness to trade, prospects for continued growth in the years ahead remain good," said a report by Bush's Council of Economic Advisers. The White House stuck to its forecast for 2.7% growth in '08, far above the 1.6% predicted by private-sector economists.
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Investors cheered a final verdict on the outcome of the presidential race, leaving behind their fears of a 2000-style election and boosting markets, especially stocks perceived to benefit from a continued Bush administration. -washingtonpost.com
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President Bush won Iowa on Friday, finishing the 2004 campaign with wins in all three of the states that were still up in the air on election night.
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Bloomberg - Jan. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Bets that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama will win today's New Hampshire primary election climbed to 98 percent, based on online trading.
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As if the U.S. presidential contest  wasn't enough like a horse race, Web users all over the world  can now bet on the outcome through online futures exchanges  that treat politics like corn, cocoa or other commodities.
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The Bush administration forecasts a strong US economy in 2005, with inflation and unemployment expected to decline. The official projections were released Friday, on the heels of a two-day
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Since the end of October, when it became clearer that Bush would win, the market has perked up.
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US President George W. Bush will defeat his Democratic rival, John Kerry, in the November 2 election because he is leading in the polls in the key US swing states, the president's top political adviser said in an interview.
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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) - Defense stocks advanced Wednesday as President Bush won a second term, dashing industry fears that a Kerry victory would unleash cutbacks on lucrative missile defense contracts.
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DES MOINES -- With the final tally from Iowa, President George W. Bush has carried all three of the states still up in the air on election night.
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US stocks soared at the open on Wednesday as investors bet that George W. Bush would soon be declared the winner in the tight presidential race despite disputed results in the key state of Ohio.
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President Bush will be the first president in 72 years to face the electorate with a net job loss. The Iraq war has deeply torn the nation. National polls show a neck-and-neck race. Yet economy-based projections still show a decisive Bush victory on Nov. 2.
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Opinion polls show support for  President Bush and his Democratic rival as almost dead even,  but as the Republican convention began on Monday investors  trading presidential futures did not believe the race would be  nearly so close.
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters Life!) - Prediction markets have been used to forecast election outcomes, football games and even the capture of Osama bin Laden.
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Market participants may think they&#39;d prefer a Bush win, but Kerry might be better in the long run. By Alexandra Twin, CNN/Money staff writer.