Effects the economy has on the election

http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/15/sept-14-obama-forecast-declines-on-poor-manufacturing-report/

http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/14/sept-13-after-convention-bounce-holding-obamas-polls-to-a-higher-standard/

So far the chances of President Obama winning the Electoral College have fell from about 78.6 percent to about 76.2 percent.  The probable reason for this decline was "a poor report in one of the economic data series that forecast model tracks, industrial production."  Our economical status is having an effect on the election.  It is having an effect on the decisions of voters.  The economic data will continue to have an influence on the campaign.  Looks like voters are very focused on what has happened to the economy, when it is important to think and focus on the future of the economy by looking into what plans President Barack Obama may have if he is re-elected president or Mitt Romneys plan if he becomes president.  After the conventions there is a possibility of a 3-5 point win for President Barack Obama on the day of the election. Something in the convention that has helped President Obama is Bill Clintons speech.  He explained how President Obama's plan is like his when he was president, the times when our economy was in excellent shape.

The information I have read seems talk about President Obama and how the election may go for him.  It shows how what is going on with the economy is affecting President Obama at times and then how it helps him and gives him a bounce in the campaign at other times.  

How citizens can find the information to be informed  and make purposeful decisions about there government is watch the Democratic National Conventions and look at candidates from their own perspective and point of view.  This matters because others bias and personal opinions shouldn't have an effect on the way we think of candidates and politics.  Our opinions are our own.  Nobody should change the way we look at things.