Posted on 05/24/2004 3:31:25 PM PDT by Vision Thing
From USA Today:
Employment has picked up significantly this year in a number of closely contested states that could decide the outcome of the 2004 presidential election. The latest Labor Department figures on state jobs show that 10 of the 17 states expected to be the most tightly contested this campaign season were among the fastest-growing job markets in the country in April.
The report, out Friday, showed a marked acceleration in job gains in industrial states in and around the Midwest defying the expectations of economists who predicted last year that those states would lag the national recovery.
"The hemorrhaging is over," said Sophia Koropeckyj, an analyst at the consulting firm Economy.com. "These states are bouncing back."The top 10 states for job growth are: Missouri, Oregon, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Minnesota, Michigan, New Hampshire, Florida, Nevada, Washington. Of them, Dale's Electoral College Breakdown 2004 currently rates Oregon, Michigan and Florida as toss-ups based on the most recent polling. New Hampshire and Wisconsin are considered leaning ever-so-slightly toward Kerry, while Washington and Minnesota are said to be leaning a bit more firmly toward the Democrat. Meanwhile, Missouri, Nevada and West Virginia are said to be leaning toward Bush.
I don't see Ohio or Pennsylvania mentioned.
W needs one of those to win.
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Thanks for the ping, and the response on the other thread.
This can't be true. I see at least three or four new posts a day saying the jobs are all going overseas and our economy is tanking.
I wondered what happened to Dale. I like the fact that he has always colored the Republican states blue, and the democrat ones red. Traditionally military maps portray friendly areas as blue and enemy areas as red.
And all along, I thought the mainstream press painted the Bush states in red to signify that those states were commie.
Filed for unemployment in Missouri early this year but found a job before I drew the first check.
bump
PA needs to show more improvement in the job market.
In Cleveland, steelmaker ISG (which recently announced quarterly profits of some 78 million dollars)has re-opened one of their renovated furnaces, recalling a couple hundred very well-paid steelworkers. Ford re-opened Engine Plant #2, with a recall and new hiring of hundreds more autoworkers, also well-paid union jobs. Manufacturing is coming alive in the Rust Belt.
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