Economic gloom makes new election issue
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Americans have turned markedly gloomier about the economy in recent months, a shift that is reshaping a presidential campaign long dominated by the war in Iraq and national security concerns.
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The Christian Science Monitor - Within the space of a few weeks, economic worries have displaced the Iraq war as the top political issue in the United States, upending the carefully laid plans of presidential candidates and causing Congress and the White House to consider emergency measures intended to prevent â or moderate â a looming recession.
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The victors in Thursday's election will face formidable challenges as Ireland's economy begins to slow.
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WASHINGTON -- The economy has slowed even more than previously thought, but the sluggish spell is not expected to turn into recession as Election Day nears.
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Problems loom for the presidential election including voting equipment changes that could delay the outcome past Nov. 2, a group of international observers said Tuesday in a report.
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A presidential election can be a strange prism on the real world. Small incidents can look monumental simply because theyâre unexpected or embarrassing (remember the flap over
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Voters are growing increasingly concerned about a recession, and the malaise is filtering into their views on the presidential election, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday.
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Consumers, the heart of the American economy, are showing signs of flagging in a worrying development 10 weeks ahead of November 2 elections, analysts said.
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There is another election this week. The issues are not war, taxes, morals or international credibility. They are microbes, diseases, data and international credibility.
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Iraq looms as the first major problem for whoever wins the November 2 US presidential election, with the US-led international coalition appearing increasingly shaky.
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Voters are likely to blame the weak economy mostly on the Republicans, even though President Bush will not be on the ballot.
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Isolated problems were already cropping up as polls opened, and election officials were bracing for a long, exhausting night.
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With his poll numbers dropping and almost everything else going wrong, Rudy's campaign is in need of some good news
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Elections in the next few weeks  will bring new faces and new hope to a clutch of African  countries, but many of the poor, war-damaged continent's  nascent democracies face major hurdles in the coming year.
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COMPTON, California  - Economic worries dominated the presidential campaign on Thursday, with White House hopefuls on both coasts touting plans to ease the pain of a recession while President George W. Bush prepared to announce his own fiscal package.
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The economy and jobs rank among the top concerns on voters' minds, even over terrorism and the war in Iraq in some polls.
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For the U.S. presidential election and the stock market, a dead heat is dead weight.