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Spain's Election Turns on Economy | News | English: Spain's Election Turns on Economy

Lisa Bryant | Paris
A woman cast her vote in a voting station in Madrid, November 20, 2011.
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A woman cast her vote in a voting station in Madrid, November 20, 2011.

Spaniards are voting Sunday in legislative elections that are expected to return the conservative Popular Party to power. Initial results are due in the evening.

Spain's Socialist Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero swept to power in 2004 amid the high drama of the Madrid terrorist attacks, unseating the ruling conservative Popular Party. But today, the economy dominates voter concerns. Unemployment is high, growth is sluggish and the country's public debt is growing.