Nate Silver, as we’ve all reported, got it right. The statistical brain behind the New York Times’s “Five Thirty Eight” blog predicted that President Barack Obama would draw 50.8 percent of the popular vote on Nov. 6 — the...
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Pollsters 2012: Winners and Losers
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A job seeker reviews listings in the Job Finder at the Rigzone Oil & Gas Career Fair in San Antonio, Texas.
It’s the Economy: Obama vs. Romney
Updated at 7:45 pm EST As the first polls have started closing. the first read on exit polling in the presidential election nationally is reconfirming what everyone knew heading into this campaign: As expected, Republican Mitt Romney has carried Kentucky,...
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President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama talk with senior campaign advisor David Axelrod following Obama's speech at the Democratic National Convention.
Obama’s `Loins’ Drive Final Appeal
David Axelrod has known Barack Obama a long time. Yet the senior political adviser to the president of the United States says he’s never seen Obama “more exhilarated than he is right now.” He’s watching Obama make the closing arguments...
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Democrat from Nevada, in Washington.
Reid to Romney: Hold the Talk of Bipartisanship
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney has touted his ability to work with the Democratic-controlled legislature when he was governor of Massachusetts, arguing that he will also be able to bridge the partisan divide in Washington. Not so fast, said Senate...
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John Sununu, chairman of rules for the Republican National Committee, at the Republican National Convention.
Sununu Questions Powell’s Obama Endorsement, Then Doesn’t Question
Updated at 11:04 am EDT John Sununu, former governor of New Hampshire and a co-chairman of Republican Mitt Romney’s campaign for president, says he does “not doubt” the motive of retired Army Gen. Colin Powell’s endorsement of President Barack Obama....
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Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign event on Oct. 5, 2012 in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Obama-Romney Tie in Florida, Newspaper Endorsements Split
It’s hot in Florida, we already knew — a dead-heat, a CNN poll today finds. Among Florida’s likely voters, the poll finds, 49 percent support Republican Mitt Romney, 48 percent President Barack Obama. The survey has a possible four percentage...
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Audience members take photographs before the start of the second presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York.
Debate Audience: Numbers Matter
Updated by Emma Fidel at 5:29 pm EDT It’s not only what happens. It’s also who’s watching. The televised presidential debates are drawing roughly twice the viewing audience of the major parties’ presidential nominating conventions. The president got a polling...
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President Barack Obama during the second presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, on Oct. 16, 2012.
Obama Won Debate: Poll and Points
The president won one. Following the second televised debate of President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney, 46 percent of the voters viewing it told CNN’s pollsters tonight that Obama won the debate, and 39 percent said Romney won it....
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Vice President Joe Biden and Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan participate in the vice presidential debate October 11, 2012, moderated by Martha Raddatz
Biden-Ryan Debate a Place-Holder
“There are plenty of fine people who could lead this country, but what you need are people who, when they say they’re going to do something, they go do it,” Rep. Paul Ryan said in debate tonight. “My record stands...
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President Obama is greeted by supporters after arriving at Rickenbacker Inland Port on October 9, 2012 in Columbus, Ohio.
Obama’s Ohio Advantage Narrows
President Barack Obama’s advantage over Republican Mitt Romney has narrowed in Ohio, according to a new CNN poll of likely voters there. The survey found 51 percent supporting Obama, 47 percent Romney. The president had held a 52-43 percent lead...
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