http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/22016/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/special-reports/upside-down-economics <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Despite much better economy, networks blamed President Bush more than President Obama for financial troubles. </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/julia-seymour">Julia A. Seymour</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-attach"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="filefield-file"><img class="filefield-icon field-icon-application-pdf" alt="application/pdf icon" src="http://archive2.mrc.org/sites/all/modules/filefield/icons/application-pdf.png" /><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/sites/default/files/documents/UpsideDownEconomicsCover_Final02.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=6141113" title="UpsideDownEconomicsCover_Final02.pdf">Special Report: Upside Down Economics Cover</a></div> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <div class="filefield-file"><img class="filefield-icon field-icon-application-pdf" alt="application/pdf icon" src="http://archive2.mrc.org/sites/all/modules/filefield/icons/application-pdf.png" /><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/sites/default/files/documents/EconomicData_BushObama_2012_02.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=2870685" title="EconomicData_BushObama_2012_02.pdf">A Tale of Two Economies Chart</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Presidential elections have been won or lost due to the economy. Herbert Hoover lost to Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Jimmy Carter lost to Ronald Reagan. This election season is no different as polls, including a recent one from NBC News/Wall Street Journal, continue to show the economy is the top concern of voters.</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/special-reports/upside-down-economics" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Special Reports MRC Business Economy Media 16.1 trillion debt 2004 2012 bush consumer confidence debt debt per person Deficit Economics economy gas prices GDP Income iphone 5 jobs employment labor participation Media Bias obama Oil Prices Spending unemployment upside down economics Thu, 01 Nov 2012 13:29:47 +0000 julia.seymour 41683 at http://archive2.mrc.org