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Volume XXXXI
‘City of Roses'
Number 42
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‘President
Obama is
awesome. ’
- Edwlna
Gonzalez
'Supporting
Romney
for his
economic
skills. '
--Eric Marshall
President Barack Obama (left) and former Gov. Mitt Romney are neck and neck in the battle for the White House. Registered
voters have until Tuesday, Nov. 6, to cast their ballots in an election that remains too close to call.
Obama and Romney fight for every vote
C ari H achmann
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by
‘Obama
has bal
anced
view of
country’s
needs. ’
-- Charlyn Scott
‘Voting for
Obama, '
-- Carol Freda
There are just six days left to vote
for the next President of the United
States. After months of campaigning
and debate, by the end of the day
Tuesday, Nov. 6, the 2012 presidential
election will be over and Americans
will have made their choice.
Will Democrat Barack Obama, the
first black president, return to the oval
office for another four years or will
Mitt Romney and the Republican Party
move in?
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According to polls across the na
tion, the vote remains neck and neck.
The latest ABC/Washington Post na
tional tracking poll had the race at a
dead heat, with Romney at 49 percent
and Obama at 48 percent.
In Oregon, a survey of 405 likely
voters conducted Oct. 25-28 by inde
pendent polling firm Elway Research
of Seattle, shows Obama leading 47
He finally got a health bill passed, h e’s intent
on championing the middle class, he got the
troops out o f Iraq and he killed Osama Bin
Laden. H e’s going to continue to work on the
economy. I think he has a balanced view o f all
the needs o f the country and he doesn’t weigh
too heavily to one area.
-charlyn scott
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percent over Romney 41 percent,
with 8 percent still undecided, the
Oregonian reports.
While Obama has big leads in poll
ing for a majority of West and East
coast states, Romney reins much of
the country’s Midwest and South, and
16 states have yet to sway red for
Republican or blue for Democrat. It
takes 270 electoral votes to win the
presidency. N ational polls show
Obama with 181 electoral votes in the
safe column and Romney with 149.
As local residents ink in tiny bubbles
on their ballot, the Portland Observer
wanted to hear their final thoughts.
We asked two questions: In the last
four years, did President Barack
Obama do a good job, and who is the
best candidate for presidency, Mitt
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