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Employed or not, voting ritual often the same
David Weinberg Nov 7, 2012
In many ways, the 2012 presidential election is a referendum on a number: the nation's unemployment rate of 7.9 percent. Reporters in Oklahoma City (unemployment around 5 percent) and San Bernardino, Calif., (unemployment pushing 12 percent) look behind the numbers.
Last-minute outside spending favors Romney
Rachael Marcus Nov 6, 2012
Outside spending burst closes campaign
The 8-percent rule: Can Obama win with high unemployment?
Mitchell Hartman Nov 6, 2012
Since World War II, incumbent presidents have been defeated in election years when the unemployment rate is above 7.5 percent. What does that mean for President Obama and October's 7.9 percent unemployment rate?
On the fence: A small business owner from Virginia
Kai Ryssdal Nov 5, 2012
With less than a day to go until the nation selects a new president, small business owner Brett Fry's vote will go to the party that will be good stewards of the armed forces.
Obama slammed by attack ads in final weekend of campaign
Rachael Marcus Nov 5, 2012
Outside spending the weekend before Election Day tops $73 million
Jorge Ramos on the candidates, immigration, and the Latino vote
Jeremy Hobson Nov 5, 2012
Jorge Ramos, anchor for Univision News, shares his take on what matters most to Latino voters this election and where the presidential candidates stand on the issue of immigration.
On the fence: A small business owner wants her candidate to say the right thing
Kai Ryssdal Nov 2, 2012
Marketing strategist Olalah Njenga is hoping her candidate will give her the "how" so she can give him her vote.
New jobs report offers a last word on economy before election
Mitchell Hartman Nov 2, 2012
Depending on political spins and eventual revisions, the final Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report before the presidential election, could be good or bad for whoever wins.
Why the next president wins twice
Kai Ryssdal Nov 2, 2012
The Weekly Wrap examines the latest unemployment numbers from October -- the last jobs report to come out before Election Day -- and why that matters.
Conservative outside ads spin Obama’s Sandy response
Rachael Marcus Nov 2, 2012
Reaction to Libyan attack panned
