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Thursday, August 19, 2004 at 11:00 AM EDT
Life in a Battleground State

According to the latest polls, John Kerry has taken a 2 point lead over George W. Bush in the key battleground state of Ohio. Many analysts feel that Ohio, with its 20 electoral votes, could be this year’s Florida: the uber-swing state where a razor-thin margin of victory could decide the whole election.

Washington, D.C. reporter Ann McFeatters recently returned to her hometown of Springfield, Ohio for vacation. What she found was a state deep in the throes of a chaotic presidential campaign. In this radio diary, McFeatters says it is appropriate that the race for the White House could be determined by her heartland neighbors.

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Ann McFeatters, writer

 
 

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