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Historically, when times are bad, voters, especially in the Industrial Midwest, have turned to the Democrats.

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Judy Woodruff
Age: 77
Born: 1946
Born: November 20
Journalist
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Tulsa
Oklahoma
Judy Carline Woodruff
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