For the 10th consecutive night in ABC News/Washington Post tracking polls, President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney are virtually tied among likely voters — today, it’s 49 percent Obama, 48 percent Romney, a statistical tie in a survey with...
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Mitt Romney, Republican presidential candidate, left, and U.S. President Barack Obama arrive to participate in a presidential debate at the University of Denver in Colorado.
Obama-Romney: Tied for 10 Days
Campaign for Swing-State Jewish Vote Seeks Inroads Against Obama
The Republican Jewish Coalition, whose board of directors includes casino executive Sheldon Adelson, has spent more than $6 million to try to peel away Jewish voters from President Barack Obama by raising questions about his commitment to Israel and his...
Read more »Clinton: Obama `Has Done a Good Job with a Bad Hand’
In the end, it took Chris Christie, the Republican governor of New Jersey, to help fulfill the narrative that President Barack Obama has been writing since the keynote convention speech he delivered at the Democratic National Convention in Boston in...
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Rahm Emanuel, mayor of Chicago, gestures after speaking at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Charlotte.
Rahm Emanuel’s Ohio Problem
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel may have a problem with Ohio. While President Barack Obama’s former chief of staff says he’s not formally floating the idea of overhauling presidential elections, he notes that the only way to break free of swing-state...
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People wait in line to vote at the North Miami Public Library on Nov. 1, 2012 in Florida.
Bloomberg by the Numbers: 40
That’s how many states voted Democratic or Republican in each of the past three presidential elections. Eighteen states and the District of Columbia voted Democratic for president in 2000, 2004 and 2008. They have a total of 242 electoral votes...
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President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign rally at Austin Straubel International Airport in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on Nov. 1, 2012.
Obama in Bomber Jacket on Road: Romney `Sure Ain’t Change’
President Obama, resuming his re-election campaign after spending the last several days tending to Hurricane Sandy recovery efforts, kicked off his final sprint of the 2012 election making closing argument to voters through three states and three time zones. Wearing a...
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Supporter Annie Lin, from Salem, Va., center, wearing plastic Romney lawn signs, cheers Mitt Romney at a campaign event at Integrity Windows in Roanoke, Va., on Nov. 1, 2012.
Romney: `Five More Days’
“This is an election of consequence,” Republican Mitt Romney said today in Roanoke, at the start of a campaign day in Virginia — the first full day of a resumed campaign fight following the onslaught of Hurricane Sandy. President Barack...
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Mitt Romney supporters attend a rally at Defiance High School, in Defiance, Ohio, October 25, 2012.
Ohio Poll: `Photo Finish’
Ohio is close, according to The Ohio Poll. The survey run by the Institute for Policy Research at the University of Cincinnati has a strong track record. Its final snapshot of the race between President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt...
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Mitt Romney accepts a food donation from a supporter during a Kettering Storm Relief event on Oct. 30, 2012 in Ohio.
Romney’s Re-Entry: `Real Change’
With former Gov. Jeb Bush and Sen. Marco Rubio behind him, Republican Mitt Romney revved up his Atlantic storm-stalled campaign in Florida today. “This is quite a time for the country, as you know — we’re going through trauma in...
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President Barack Obama takes the stage at a campaign event where he and Vice President Joe Biden spoke, at Triangle Park in Dayton, Ohio, on Oct. 23, 2012.
Obama’s Ohio Advantage Holds, Florida, Virginia Virtual Ties w/ Romney
President Barack Obama holds a narrow advantage over Republican Mitt Romney in Ohio, the hardest-fought state of the 2012 presidential election, according to a poll commissioned by CBS News and the New York Times. The president and Romney are statistically...
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