Counties that count: talking with voters in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

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They’re swing counties in swing states ? and they may be the spots where this election is decided. In the first of a series on “counties that count,” The Takeaway’s Political Director Andrea Bernstein visits Wilkes-Barre in Pennsylvania’s Luzerne County to see how voters there are reacting to the economic crisis and the candidates. Guest: Andrea Bernstein, Takeaway Political Director. Correction: Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, voters picked Al Gore (D) over George W. Bush (R) in 2000 and John Kerry (D) over George W. Bush (R) in 2004.

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