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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Business
Gene Marks

Small business in Pennsylvania is middling – will that affect the vote?

Woman hugs child in bookstore
Kamala Harris greets Brahim Ali Swaray II at Hakim’s Bookstore and Gift Shop in Philadelphia, last week. Photograph: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

Pennsylvania has been bombarded with political ads as Kamala Harris and Donald Trump duke it out for my state: the vital swing state of Pennsylvania. As we finally head to the polls, one of the – if not the biggest – issues on most small-business owners’ minds will be their pocketbooks.

So how are businesses and their employees doing so far in Pennsylvania? A fallback in economic prosperity may not bode well for the Harris campaign. And unfortunately, that seems to be what has happened in the past year.

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