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- Barack Obama - Mitt Romney - US elections 2012


America votes: A divided nation heads to the polls

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We're now at the end of one of the most polarising and expensive presidential campaigns ever seen in American history. And according to polls, both Barack Obama and Mitt Romney reached election day, stuck in a dead heat. Annette Young and her panel discuss what will happen if either man gets the job.

DEBATE
  • Tim KANE,Chief Economist at Hudson Institute and Founder of the social networking firm, StoryPoint
  • Bob VALLIER, Member of Democrats Abroad
  • Ellen WASYLINA, Member of Republicans Abroad
  • Leah PISAR, Former Advisor to Bill Clinton

    And our correspondents:

  • Laura BAINES - from Washington, DC
  • Philip CROWTHER - from Boston, MA
  • Nathan KING - from Chicago, IL

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