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What party will win the 2012 US Presidential Election?
Background: I am curious to see how this market would move over a four year period.
Settlement details:As reported by a major mainstream news source.
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Morningstar.com 27 weeks ago
rival John McCain , helping the then-Democratic U.S. senator gain the White House in last November's historic presidential election. (END) Dow Jones Newswires 05-12-091408ET Copyright (c) 2009 Dow Jones & Company, Inc
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AFP via Yahoo! 27 weeks ago
Republican rival John McCain, helping the then-Democratic US senator gain the White House in last November's historic presidential election
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CBS News 27 weeks ago
It?s official: Florida Gov. Charlie Crist is running for the Senate. The Senate bid for Crist, who is among the most prominent moderate Republicans in the nation, comes at a time when the
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Xinhua News Agency 27 weeks ago
votes in the parliamentary elections on April 9, smoothing the way for him to seek re-election in the presidential election on July 8
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Guardian Unlimited 28 weeks ago
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Secretary of state viewed favorably by 62% of Americans, president by 56%
Hillary Clinton lost the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination to Barack Obama, but in one respect she now ranks ahead of Obama. The president's current favorable rating of 56% is down 22 percentage points since January. Over the same time span, Clinton's favorable rating has changed little, and now, at 62%, it exceeds Obama's.
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The change in the relative popularity of Clinton and Obama since January may reflect the realities of their new roles. Obama came into office as president with a 78% favorable rating, among the highest Gallup has measured since it began tracking favorability in 1992. But after nearly nine months in office in which he has made or confronted difficult decisions -- ranging from the economic stimulus package, to the auto industry bailout, to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, to health insurance reform, Obama's support has declined. His favorable rating now stands at 56%, and has fallen 10 points just since the last reading, in July. (Obama's job approval rating has followed a similar downward trajectory.)
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