"There will be a number of Republican evangelicals who stay home because of Romney's Mormonism, " said Clyde Wilcox, a government professor at Georgetown University.

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Zurab Tatanashvili, a university lecturer, said the fighting prompted people to make tough decisions about whether to stay at home or try to find a safer place.

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While transport prices and university fees rise, and the government increases taxes and lowers pensions, people prefer to stay at home and support La Roja (Spanish national soccer team) and wait until it is cooler to take the streets.

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