United States | The economy

Asking the experts

Our admittedly unscientific poll offers cheer to both candidates

|WASHINGTON, DC

BARACK OBAMA and Mitt Romney have spent many months and hundreds of millions of dollars trying to convince the public that electing the other man would lead to economic catastrophe. They have fought to a draw: voters today are almost evenly split over which man would do a better job on the economy.

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