Guardian Unlimited | US elections 2004 | Neighbours at war

Guardian Unlimited: "Mrs Crotteau, a speech pathologist, finds she cannot do campaign work in Hudson because she loses her temper with the many Bush supporters. Instead she is canvassing for Kerry door to door in the nearby city of Akron. 'The main issue here in Hudson is the war on terror and the war in Iraq. For people in Akron, particularly the African-American community, the issue is the economy. People are struggling. One woman told me, 'If Bush wins again, we will probably lose our house.' Bush is making us a country of the rich and the poor. The middle class is being squeezed out.'"