Are Some Red States Blue About Jobs?
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Could differences in economic performance among states determine how the election shakes out? The answer is a definite maybe.
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Unemployment declined last month in eight of 10 states that are hotly contested in the presidential race, including Ohio where job losses and a struggling economy have boosted Democrat John Kerry&#39;s election hopes.
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For all the attention focused on the Super Tuesday primaries, some delegate-rich states will still be left after Feb 5. Some of the bigger ones:
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There may be lots of reasons to vote for John Kerry over George Bush, but &quot;job quality&quot; isn&#39;t one of them. Kerry has been telling crowds that the country is &quot;shipping jobs
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PHILADELPHIA - The difference between the two halves of the NBA used to be as distinct as red states and blue states. Teams residing on the left side of the country preferred an up-tempo game, while everyone else plodded through half-court sets.
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By John Schmid, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel  Feb. 9--The states of the industrial Midwest can tilt the 2008 presidential race to their advantage if they unite for the first time behind what a Brookings Institution author calls a common political agenda and near-identical industrial heritage.
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Bloomberg - Jan. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Republican and Democratic presidential candidates rallied support for today's balloting in two states that may be tie-breakers in campaigns that haven't yet produced clear favorites.
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Bloomberg - Dec. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential hopefuls are tip-toeing around an inconvenient economic fact: Iowa and New Hampshire, the states hosting the 2008 campaign's first contests, benefit from free-trade policies that many residents nonetheless blame for lost jobs.
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Republicans defeated Democrats in the Senate race in Georgia on Tuesday, while the Democratic incumbents were re-elected in Vermont and Indiana, reports reaching here said.
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Bushâs report on Iraq may have shored up his support in the Senate. But his determination to keep 130,000 U.S. troops there has left a gap for a parade of prime-time Democrats to turn Red States blue in the â08 election.
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Forget New York City. If you want to get a job in the U.S. this year, go south and west. Tulsa, Okla., anyone?
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BROADVIEW HEIGHTS, Ohio - Good news, or bad? President Bush and Democrat John Kerry had differing takes Saturday about the vitality of the nation's job market - a question that's heating up this year's race for the White House.    Bush, campaigning in Ohio - a pivotal state that has lost tens of thousands of manufacturing jobs, says a new U.S...
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Forget New York City. If you want to get a job in the U.S. this year, go south and west. Oklahoma City, anyone?
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Which parts of the U.S. might be likely to see employment growth in the coming year?
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So long, ethanol. Hello, taxes. More than geography changes when the 2008 presidential campaign leaves the land of flat Â aka Iowa Â for New Hampshire, the Granite State. The electorate is different, and the blend of issues.
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Sept. 6, 2004 - The presidential candidates and their running mates fanned out across the Midwest with Labor Day messages promising job creation, appealing for votes in the territory pivotal to winning November&#39;s election.
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Idaho, Montana and Hawaii are among the states with the very lowest unemployment in the nation.