Egypt elections: religion first, economy second for voters

Speaking from Cairo, Middle East Correspondent Richard Spencer says the first day of the Egyptian presidential election is widely perceived to have been fair as religion dominates voting decisions.

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Spencer said: "Everyone [all the candidates] is promising bread and butter issues, everyone is promising jobs. Nevertheless people still seem to be voting on a greater ideological line than whether candidates are offering right or Left wing views on the economy.

"People talk about these issues but how they vote seems to be much more dictated to by how they feel about the issue of Islamism versus secularism."

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