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The economy and its impact on US voters
Political scientists say it's close to impossible for a candidate to unseat a serving president when the economy is booming
Americans are currently witnessing an expansion of the economy, a falling jobless rate and a bullish stock market amid an upswing in growth.
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WHEN political strategist James Carville coined the phrase "It's the economy, stupid!" as the theme of Bill Clinton's successful 1992 presidential campaign against sitting president George H W Bush, he echoed the view of the majority of American political scientists, that the condition of the...
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