Slideshow: How the American electorate has changed, 2008 to 2012
One big reason the 2012 presidential election is so close is that the electorate has changed a lot since Barack Obama won a comfortably victory over John McCain in 2008. Among the major shifts: greater...
View ArticleMedia bias? Study finds that Romney has received more favorable coverage than...
As Romney gained in the polls in the aftermath of the Denver debate, he got substantially more favorable media coverage. Obama's coverage suddenly became more negative. Nearly three times as many...
View ArticlePoll: Suburbanites split between Obama and Romney, president has edge among...
Suburbia hasn't been spared the political split that has the nation in a gridlock with less than a week before the election. Romney leads among suburban independents. Obama leads among "empty nesters."
View ArticleFrom the polls to the president: which presidential polls were the most accurate
Even as votes started rolling in from the polls it was a tight presidential race to call. And with an election this close, major national polls varied by five percent or less. Some were closer than...
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