Executives say the uncertainty about the election as well as the so-called fiscal cliff, a collection of tax increases and budget cuts, are keeping the climate downbeat.

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Even given all that traffic counting, Tancer says he can't use his outsized data collection to answer one major question: the outcome of November's election.

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Back in February, he could have used his election success to take unpopular decisions: starting to revamp the public sector, improving tax collection.

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