Bush's Re-election

The state of Ohio with most of its counties affected by recession and unemployment played a vital swing role in ensuring the presidential elections went George W Bush's way. For most voters in the state, moral issues, more than the economy, played an important deciding factor. Bush's 'comprehensive' victory won by the 'right' has now pushed almost to the periphery the very real economic fears of an impending recession fuelled by a falling dollar and rising interest rates.