First up, we are looking at some connections between economic issues and political elections. Yesterday we talked about France and Greece. One country, France, elected a new president over the weekend. The other, Greece, vote for a shift of power in its parliament. The xxx results from those two nations have something in common. In both countries, there was a backlash against austerity measures. The xxx government tries to cut spending or increase taxes to reduce its debt. Some European officials are pushing in the opposite direction. They want to create policies that promote economic growth. Investors around the world are watching how all this breaks down because what happens in Europe can have an impact around the world.

In Russia, Vladimir Putin is the new president again. He led the country for 8 years before term limit forces him to step down in 2008. Since then, he has been the Russia’s prime minister. He won back the president’s office in xxx election. During Putin’s first time in office, Russia’s presidents serve four-year-terms. Changes in the constitution have increased that to 6 years, so if Putin serves two terms again, he could be in power until 2024. Putin was xxing on Monday in front of a crowd about 3000 people. Some Russians don’t want Putin back in office though. Their accusations were fraud in presidential election and they were protesting against the Russian xxx yesterday. More than 100 people were arrested. Some protesters got into a fight with the police officers over the weekend. More than 250 people were arrested during those demonstrations.

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Indiana, north Virginia and Carolina are holding primary election today. We have talked too lot about presidential primaries. But voters are also casting their doubts of local state elections. In North Carolina, today’s primary includes a controversial proposal to amend the state’s constitution. Randy Kates explains what’s it all about. 

On Tuesday, North Carolina voters will be making big decisions at the polls, the decision to change the state’s constitution. A xxx will make marriage between one man and one women, the only recognized domestic legal union in the state.