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OKIsItJustMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-04-08 07:11 PM
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Economy propels worried Americans to polls
Source: MS-NBC

Economy propels worried Americans to polls

Pessimism nearly unanimous among voters in early NBC exit poll

By Tom Curry
National affairs writer
msnbc.com

NEW YORK - The American electorate is worried about its sinking economic fortunes, according to early NBC News exit poll interviews with voters on Election Day.

More than nine out of ten voters interviewed said economic conditions in America are “not so good” or “poor.”

Nearly the same percentage said they were very worried or somewhat worried about the future course of the economy.

And six in 10 voters picked the economy as the most important issue facing the nation.



Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27540321
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Joe Chi Minh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-04-08 07:24 PM
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1. You gotta laugh at the way they claim Americans rate health care and the
Edited on Tue Nov-04-08 07:36 PM by KCabotDullesMarxIII
Middle Eastern wars right down with terrrorism at 9-10%. Strange they're the issues affecting the corporate leviathans of the insurance and health industries and the military-industrial complex...!

Halliburton's lost billions? Who cares? Your kids' health? Who cares? Now something nice and woolly like the economy....

Imo, it's a mischievous poll, because neither are mutually exclusive with the state of the economy. Far from it.
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