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Exit poll: Hint of economic optimism boosted Obama
Houston Chronicle ^ | November 6, 2012 | by Connie Cass

Posted on 11/06/2012 11:40:07 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters who feel the economic outlook brightening after years of misery and believe Barack Obama better understands people like themselves propelled the president to a second term, exit polls show. Mitt Romney suffered from being labeled a champion of the wealthy over the common man.

Americans interviewed as they left their polling places Tuesday were in wide agreement that the economy is still in sorry shape. But they were less likely to blame Obama than to point the finger at his predecessor, George W. Bush.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: election2012
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To: Chgogal

why aren’t the voting machines impounded?...you have this many complaints and why aren’t those machines impounded?....


41 posted on 11/07/2012 1:35:55 AM PST by cherry
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To: teletech

Toss in government schooling. The media just reinforces what’s taught there.


42 posted on 11/07/2012 1:36:31 AM PST by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Obama put lipstick on a pig and the Liberals bought it.

The Human Termites of American Society just put this country onto a path of deliberate destruction by Obama.


43 posted on 11/07/2012 4:35:16 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Geez - he’ll be blaming the next four years on Hurricane Sandy.


44 posted on 11/07/2012 4:36:56 AM PST by jersey117
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