President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney enter the final sprint before Election Day essentially deadlocked nationally in what looks set to be one of the closest presidential elections in U.S. history. A new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll of likely voters finds Mr. Obama leading his rival by a nose, […] Read more »
Final national NBC/WSJ poll before Tuesday
With just two days until Election Day, President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney are running neck and neck nationally, according to the final national NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll before the election. Obama gets support from 48 percent of likely voters, while Romney gets 47 percent. … While […] Read more »
Bill Clinton Is Already a Sure Election-Day Winner
Whoever captures the White House on Nov. 6, the election season produced one clear winner: William Jefferson Clinton. … If the president is defeated he’ll remain a historic figure, the first black president. Much of his legacy, including the health-care bill and financial-regulation overhaul, will be shredded by Republicans. … […] Read more »
Mitt’s Pennsylvania Push: Real or Fake?
The Romney campaign seems to have committed to a late push into Pennsylvania, to the derision of Team Obama. The latter sees this as a desperation ploy by a foundering campaign, similar to John McCain’s late entrance into the Keystone State in 2008. Is that right? I don’t think so. […] Read more »
A definitive guide to the eight swing states that will decide the election
The campaign is nearing an end. The final polls are being conducted. Soon enough, we’ll all be sitting and watching actual votes being counted. For election junkies like myself, we always have a lot of data in our minds. We know a state’s voting history and what to expect from […] Read more »
Leadership Ratings Help Obama; 50% Approval, Not So Much
Barack Obama has maintained a sizable advantage over Mitt Romney in trust to handle a major crisis and regained his lead in being seen as the stronger leader, wielding the benefits of incumbency to stay competitive, economic discontent aside, in the razor-close 2012 election. Obama also has managed essentially an […] Read more »