Gist: As the elections are nearing, many people who are unemployed are much less likely to get out and vote. As a result of this economic recession, the unemployed is a large group of people: 50,000 voters just in Ohio who are part of the working class. With the working class typically voting democrat, this is likely to effect the democrats at the polls.
(I would think that if you are unemployed you would be more motivated to vote.)
Productivity (including voting) tends to go down when people are unemployed. My guess is emotional depression.
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