Swing state
The Middling Economic Recovery and the Road to the Presidential Election
It’s been a week of mixed economic news. Gas prices are down; jobless claims are up; pending housing sales are up. While it’s been hard to put a finger on whether the recovery is progressing or stumbling, it is clear that as presidential campaigning pushes into full swing, talk about the economy will only grow […]
Counties that count: Franklin County, Missouri, part 2
They’re swing counties in swing states ? and they may be the spots where this election is decided. In the fourth of a series on ‘counties that count,’ The Takeaway’s Political Director Andrea Bernstein talks with voters in Franklin County, Missouri.