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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1451/political_worries.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Political Worries Can Affect Economic Decisions' data-article-id='1955'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='10042'>Researchers say concern about the elections in the United States is increasingly affecting the American economy.</span> <span data-start-time='10042' data-end-time='16271'>Election campaigns can often affect financial markets.</span> <span data-start-time='16271' data-end-time='27021'>Studies show stock prices are more likely to jump or drop sharply during a campaign than at other times.</span> <span data-start-time='27021' data-end-time='40771'>Also, research shows that both business leaders and the general public delay decisions to buy or invest when the future is unclear.</span> <span data-start-time='40771' data-end-time='57188'>A research group called Macroeconomic Advisers says campaign promises about trade, taxes and other issues have a real effect on financial markets.</span> <span data-start-time='57188' data-end-time='61792'>The company is based in St. Louis, Missouri.</span> <span data-start-time='61792' data-end-time='67771'>Joel Prakken works for Macroeconomic Advisers.</span> <span data-start-time='67771' data-end-time='79458'>Speaking to VOA on Skype, he said investors seem to like Hillary Clinton, the presidential candidate of the Democratic Party.</span> <span data-start-time='79458' data-end-time='91250'>He said stock prices were often higher on days when public opinion studies showed her defeating the Republican candidate, Donald Trump.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1451/political_worries.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=7441 data-hint-location='27021' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1451/what_does_invest_mean.m4a'>What does invest mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='to put out money in order to gain profit'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1451/to_create_a_loan_with_a_bank.m4a'><span>to create a loan with a bank</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1451/to_put_out_money_in_order_to_gain_profit.m4a'><span>to put out money in order to gain profit</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1451/to_lose_money_to_taxes.m4a'><span>to lose money to taxes</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1451/to_gain_money_in_a_transaction.m4a'><span>to gain money in a transaction</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=7442 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1451/what_are_researchers_concerened_is_affecting_the_economy.m4a'>What are researchers concerned is affecting the economy?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='the presidential election'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1451/the_russian_government.m4a'><span>the Russian government</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1451/the_presidential_election.m4a'><span>the presidential election</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1451/trade.m4a'><span>trade</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1451/diseases.m4a'><span>diseases</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=7443 data-hint-location='16271' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1451/studies_show__blank__prices_are_more_likely_to_jump_or_drop_sharply_during_a_campaign_than_at_other_times.m4a'>Studies show <span class='blank'>stock</span> prices are more likely to jump or drop sharply during a campaign than at other times.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='stock'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1451/clothing.m4a'><span>clothing</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1451/drink.m4a'><span>drink</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1451/food.m4a'><span>food</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1451/stock.m4a'><span>stock</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button 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