The Case of the Missing White Voters
One of the more intriguing narratives for election 2012 was proposed by political scientist Brendan Nyhan fairly early on: that it was "Bizarro 2004." The parallels to that year certainly...
One of the more intriguing narratives for election 2012 was proposed by political scientist Brendan Nyhan fairly early on: that it was "Bizarro 2004." The parallels to that year certainly...
Barack Obama's re-election to another four-year term as the 44th president of the United States was no surprise, at least...
President Obama's Electoral College victory Tuesday may have settled an election, but not a direction. Weakened by a near-split in the popular...
RICHMOND, Va. -- The 113th Congress will convene in January greatly resembling its predecessor: a divided body with a Democratic president. Succeeding at a task that two years ago seemed unlikely,...
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio has been courted by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to take over the National Republican Senatorial Committee for the 2014 midterm season, but the freshman lawmaker...
Kansas Sen. Jerry Moran is the only announced candidate for chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee next year, but Ohio's Rob Portman may be interested in that key role...
On his way to re-election, President Obama won in Ohio, Wisconsin and Nevada thanks to the toeholds he gained from union field operations in those states, said AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka...
BOSTON -- Twice in his political life, Mitt Romney has managed to turn disappointing defeats into new windows of opportunity. After losing to Ted Kennedy in the 1994 Massachusetts Senate race,...
BOSTON -- Mitt Romney's six-year quest for the presidency ended before the clock struck midnight on Tuesday. He had projected confidence in the days leading up to the election, and even as the...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama rolled to re-election Tuesday night, vanquishing former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and prevailing despite a weak economy that plagued his first term and...
Though it's always tempting to draw historical analogies between elections, each contest is invariably unique. This year is no exception. We have an incumbent president -- who also happens to...
FAIRFAX, Va. -- In February 2007, then-Sen. Barack Obama greeted thousands of George Mason University students who had organized a rally for the presidential hopeful through social media. Obama...