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Offshoring is the movement of jobs by businesses offshore to foreign countries where labor rates are cheaper and there are fewer regulations. This is also known as "outsourcing" when the destination is offshore. Many manufacturing jobs move from the United States to foreign countries in this manner.
Key battleground states for the [[2008 Presidential Election]] include Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
Ohio lost 31,800 jobs in goods-producing industries between January 2006 and January 2007, including a loss of 21,900 jobs in manufacturing.<ref>http://jfs.ohio.gov/releases/unemp/200702/UnempPressRelease.asp</ref>
Pennsylvania lost 200,000 manufacturing jobs between July 2000 and March 2007.<ref>http://www.centralpennbusiness.com/weekly_article.asp?aID=89156647.9077722.779558.2548748.4307912.688&aID2=59957</ref>
Wisconsin lost 8,600 manufacturing jobs in the last year (Feb. 2006 to Feb. 2007).<ref>http://www.wisbusiness.com/index.iml?Article=91717</ref>
All three states punished Republican candidates in the November 2006 elections.
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