In Minnesota, Missouri, Colorado, Economies Languish As GOP Candidates Vie For Votes [INFOGRAPHIC]

When Republicans in Minnesota, Missouri and Colorado cast their votes for presidential candidates Tuesday, many will no doubt have the economy on their minds.

Tying the three economies together is government, among the top three employers in all three states. And in all three states, government employment is falling too.

Missouri particularly struggled last year, losing jobs while nationwide employment grew. And nearly a third of Missouri's mortgages are underwater -- a larger share than the national average. The state is also less confident about the future of the economy than 35 states.

Though Minnesota and Colorado's economies are doing better than average, they are still far from healthy. Minnesota's home prices plunged 20 percent over the past five years. And Minnesota's unemployment rate is lower than the national average largely because of slow population growth, said Troy Walters, an economist at IHS Global Insight.

Coloradans may feel a bit wealthier than the nation as a whole since the same housing bust has not been as severe there. Home prices have fallen just 5 percent over the past five years, and 16 percent of Colorado mortgages are underwater -- far below the national average.

 

 

Comments

[lvdragonlady]

02:41 AM on 02/13/2012

The GOP has NO PLAN that will help Americans. Their, win the presidency, at all cost - IS NO AN ANSWER..........
NONE of you have earned the right to be anything but what you are right now.

OBAMA/BIDEN 2012

[lvdragonlady]

02:45 AM on 02/09/2012

NONE of the GOP candidates have even come up with 1 viable plan to fix America's problems, NOT 1 solution whatsoever.
GOP GOING DOWN

OBAMA/BIDEN 2012

[Kenz300]

05:46 PM on 02/08/2012

And how much time during the debates did the Republican candidates spend talking about things they could do to improve the economy and create jobs.

All you ever hear from Republicans are tax cuts for the top 1% and deregulate so the polluters can make more money and push the clean up on the tax payers.

It is time to vote all Republicans out of office. They are bad for America.

[fortressfountain]

01:35 PM on 02/08/2012

Both parties are just as responsible-all they care about is representing special interests. Everyone and every thing else is ignored.
Soon the schools will run out of money from the states. This is of course planned as retail is doing very poorly and they need our tax dollars to take over education.
I cannot wait until the dollar collapses and the top 1% will not get theirs.

[Kenz300]

05:48 PM on 02/08/2012

Republicans voted to end Medicare and replace it with a voucher.

Republicans want to end Social Security and replace it with a 201K so their friends on Wall Street can get at the money.

Republicans want to end the EPA so their friends can pollute and the taxpayers can pay for the clean up.

[marinatha]

10:00 AM on 02/08/2012

NO one is concerned with you issues if you are not a 1% or less.How plainer can it be made.Oh maybe they could give a stamp on our foreheads or in our hands so that every KNOWS it, and we can move on to the next lesson.Come on people...

[themodernleader]

05:10 AM on 02/08/2012

The only growth is social disunion and foreign ownership and monopoly and concentrated, centralized ownership and control. Democracy is in disarray as powerful, opaque forces direct our national policies and goals.

[geoff ward]

11:21 PM on 02/07/2012

We have a saying here in u.k.... " pissed as a "

[sarabono]

01:35 PM on 02/08/2012

"....As A...." WHAT?

[geoff ward]

02:55 PM on 02/08/2012

Hiya Sara....Newt springs to mind.

[94613]

10:48 PM on 02/07/2012

Newt flames out across the heartland. Mr. Beltway fails to register any traction across multiple states on Tuesday. Newt's Southern Strategy in tatters. Super Tuesday ? Gone with the Wind....Tara no more. Loot4Newt!

[Diana Scrimger]

08:22 PM on 02/07/2012

The Voters in California passed Yes on Prop 8 win 51% of the vote. We should not let the No on Prop 8 side turn people off from voting. I cannot wait to cast my vote in this election. It will not be for Barack Obama. I am not Gay!

[phoenixdoglover]

01:34 AM on 02/08/2012

Well, I'm pretty sure Obama's not gay either. So that shouldn't be an issue for you.

[Steven Pedullo]

07:57 PM on 02/07/2012

hi bonnie, i can tell u this i am in a private union, which means we work for construction companies and almost always are members vote democrat even though im independent. right now we have 30% out of work out of 20,000. if you dare mention obama on a jobsite people want to kill you, now i dont know what its like in other areas i do know n carolina is bad and nevada, but if the vote was today he would get very little of us to stay with him

[Eric4969]

09:10 PM on 02/07/2012

So You guys would Vote for a UNION Busting Republican? REALLY LMAO WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Watersisland]

09:54 PM on 02/07/2012

Yeah, makes no sense at all. A bunch of really dumb lemmings in a red state?

[Watersisland]

09:53 PM on 02/07/2012

Because Obama CAUSED the economy's collapse? Ohh, no , I'll bet because he wants to raise the income tax on those that make $250,000 a year......and that's causing you guys to pinch pennies. Yeah, I'm guessing that's it. Those that are laid off (but yet take home over $250,000 in union unemployment benefits) can't afford to pay a higher rate at this time.
I dunno.....like I said......must be some red state mentality.