The nine states that will decide whether Romney or Obama wins in November
The 2012 presidential election won't be decided in the nation's biggest states, it will be decided in a patchwork of nine swing states stretching from New England to the Southwest. Those nine states...
View ArticleThe Week Ahead: Congress makes a cameo appearance in DC; Obama protects a...
Congress returns to session Tuesday for 13 voting days to dispose of a few must-pass bills before departing for the fall campaign, leaving the bulk of work for a 16-day, post-election Lame Duck session.
View ArticleAnalysis: Mitt Romney’s road to the White House is becoming more treacherous
The Republican nominee needs to capture at least eight of 12 swing states captured four years ago by Obama to have a chance in an Electoral College that favors Democrats because of the president’s...
View ArticleElectoral College update: Big trouble for Romney in industrial heartland
National polling remains pretty close: President Obama maintains a small lead among likely voters across the nation. But the Democratic incumbent has widened his edge in most of the dozen swing states...
View ArticleElectoral College Update: Bad news for Romney on eve of debates
On the eve of the first presidential debate between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, polls show the Democratic incumbent leading in every battleground state. For the first time since we began our...
View ArticleElectoral College update: Romney rebounds; more states back in toss-up category
Mitt Romney had started to narrow the gap in national polls even before his debate victory on Wednesday night. The most recent polls show clear movement to Romney in most of the swing states. President...
View ArticleElectoral College Update: It’s TIGHT, with Romney up in popular vote, Obama...
There's very little change in national polling since the final presidential debate. Mitt Romney is ahead in six of the ten most recent nationwide polls, President Obama leads in three and one is tied....
View ArticleElectoral College Update: Obama has small but decisive lead heading into...
President Obama has taken the narrowest of leads in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy with an average poll lead of one-tenth of one percentage point. Obama is ahead in five of the ten most recent...
View ArticleElectoral College Update: Storm response boosts Obama, complicates Romney’s...
Obama's small lead reflects an important change in the dynamics of the race. Last Monday, Romney led in six of the ten previous polls. Now, Obama is ahead in states (and the District of Columbia) with...
View ArticleThe Top Ten: Widespread voting problems during the 2012 election
In this week's top ten, George W. Bush did not vote for Obama, Kay Bailey Hutchison says GOP is tainted by candidates saying "very stupid things" and Tea Party vows comeback while bashing Mitt Romney.
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