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Delighted Democrats

This content was published on Nov 7, 2012 “I feel absolutely relieved, overwhelmed and very, very proud of the vote,” said Sarah Burkhalter, an art historian from Geneva University. “But I’m realistic that this is just half of the country; the country is very divided. The priority will be the economy and making sure the healthcare bill goes through and the rest of…

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Projections: Barack Obama Re-elected President

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Forward to victory, she hopes

This content was published on Nov 7, 2012 “I have lots of friends in the Florida area who have been working intensely, so I’m sure Obama will take Florida and then I’ll be alright.” But what happens if he loses, as the vote is on a knife’s edge? “Oh, my god…It’ll be awful,” the student cries. TV stations have been showing images of long…

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Decision points: women’s rights

This content was published on Nov 7, 2012 “I find it unusual that it’s being argued, that somebody can tell me what’s right for me,” she said. Hear more from her below.

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Overseas participation – up or down?

This content was published on Nov 7, 2012 “I don’t think we’ll see that. The number of overseas and military voters participating is not increasing in the way we expected with all these improvements in technology,” she told swissinfo.ch. Now all US citizens can receive their blank ballots electronically. She said while some new aspects were easier, online voting was “confusing”. “New solutions…

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Worried about the wackos

This content was published on Nov 7, 2012 “You definitely have extremist fringes in both parties. But if you look at the candidates and president they are much more centrist,” said Ed Karr. “This fear that Romney is going to be a hardcore Tea Party radical or Christian Evangelist is completely unfounded. He’ll be a real centrist. If you look at his…

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Perspectives: Man of the people

This content was published on Nov 7, 2012 I think the first debate was a big game-changer for Romney. People got to see that he knew the issues on his feet. Obama was kind of asleep. In the third debate Obama came on aggressive and president Romney, sorry governor Romney, hopefully president Romney, held the line, so that really helped him. People overall…

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Perspectives: Economic change is gonna come?

This content was published on Nov 7, 2012 “We need another four years to make sure the progress introduced is maintained and built upon.” “If you look at the job growth numbers over recent months it’s clear there is an economic recovery happening – it’s slow but it’s there. The Republican policies called for are basically tax cuts; but you can’t grow yourself…

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Perspectives: Keep it local

This content was published on Nov 7, 2012 “I’d like to see us go back to less centralised government. The Obama administration has wrested lots of power that rested in the states and towns – they are making a huge power grab to expand their power base. I’m against that.” “I’d like to see the community deal with affairs in the community. What…

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