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　TOLEDO, Ohio (Reuters) - Hope and jobs are in short supply in Ohio eight months after President Barack Obama won the recession-battered state in the 2008 election with promises of a better future。

　　路透俄亥俄州托莱多7月30日电(记者 Nick Carey)---自奥巴马当选美国总统後，给他投支持票的俄亥俄州并未迎来奥巴马参选时许诺的“更好的未来”，8个月过去了，失业率仍然居高不下。

　　"People were looking for a savior to get us out of this mess and that's why they voted for Obama," said Jeff Fravor, 55, a retired train conductor on his way to breakfast on the outskirts of Toledo。

　　55岁已退休的列车长Jeff Fravor说：“人们在寻找一个救世主，带领我们走出混乱的时局，这是人们选举奥巴马的原因。”

　　"I've nothing against Obama personally, but he's new to the job and 'hope' won't fix this mess."

　　“我个人并不反对奥巴马，但是他毕竟是新手，单凭‘希望’是没法解决问题的。”

　　Candidate Obama delivered his message over and over again in Ohio, a politically diverse battleground state that often decides presidential elections. Obama went back to the state last week with an approval rating below 50 percent.A Quinnipiac University opinion poll released on July 7 showed the Democratic president's popularity in America's seventh most populous state had fallen to 49 percent from 62 per cent in May. Even worse for Obama, 48 percent said they disapproved of his handling of the U.S. economy, with 46 percent approving。

　　俄亥俄州的选民政治背景各异，是兵家必争之地，常有决定大选结果的作用。奥巴马大选时在俄亥俄州反复强调会有“一个更好的未来”。周奥巴马重返俄亥俄州时，其支持率跌至50%以下。Quinnipiac大学7月7日发布的民意测验显示，奥巴马在俄亥俄州的支持率从5月的62%跌至49%。更糟糕的是，48%的人称反对奥巴马拯救美国经济的方式，而46%的人对其表示支持。