5/26/2004 08:54:49 AM|||Nathan Moore|||

For days, I've been trying to figure out the latest poll numbers on the economy. Over half the people believe the economy is getting worse, despite record growth, plummeting unemployment, and still-low interest rates. The only thing I could point to in order to explain this level of opinion was the high gas prices, which are more visible, and more concrete, than the other indicators. All this pondering, of course, was done in a political light, in an effort to determine what factors would affect voting patterns in the upcoming election.

It's possible my pondering may be moot. According to this USA Today article, only 5% blame Bush for high gas prices. Does this mean that the economy issue this election is going to be a wash? Any thoughts? Is an average economy sufficient to guarantee Bush reelection?

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