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Nov. 1, 2012
In California, the election seems very real, even without visits from candidates or a barrage of political ads. That's because there are 11 hotly contested propositions on the California ballot and a slew of Congressional races that are actually competitive for the first time in years.
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Nov. 1, 2012
President Obama, Mitt Romney and a team of boosters are fanning out across the country Thursday, with the campaign getting back to real business with five days to go and the aftermath of Sandy still unfolding across the East Coast.
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Oct. 31, 2012
Green Bay residents may love the Packers more than anything else, but politics comes at a close second. With a strong independent electorate, Wisconsin had the most counties in the U.S. vote for Bush in 2004 and then swing to Obama in 2008. Jeffrey Brown reports on the 2012 campaigns' attempts to woo these tough-minded voters.
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Oct. 31, 2012
While voters weigh the two presidential candidates, their records and what they offer for the next four years, it's a good idea to watch them closely as they respond to the unexpected.
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Oct. 31, 2012
Over the course of a year, about 3.5 million Americans will spend some time without housing. Of those roughly 700,000 people who will be homeless on Election Day, approximately 70 percent would be eligible to vote, while about one in 10 would be registered and actually cast a ballot.
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Oct. 31, 2012
It's a scary proposition for both campaigns -- a tied race, with both President Obama and Mitt Romney within the margin of error in key battlegrounds. The New York Times/CBS News poll of likely voters out Wednesday found the president leading his rival nationally, 48 percent to 47 percent, with six days to go.
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Oct. 30, 2012
There's big money, aggressive attacks, a famous family name, racial tensions and a potential, looming bankruptcy, all playing out in a House district that covers half the state of Nevada. Mitch Fox of Vegas PBS reports on the contest between Steven Horsford (D) and Danny Tarkanian (R) in Nevada's new 4th Congressional District.
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Oct. 30, 2012
As Americans watch less broadcast television and spend more time online, political campaigns face difficulty reaching voters with traditional methods. Hari Sreenivasan reports how the Romney and Obama campaigns, with the help of new tools to gather data and target voters, may have cracked the code to reach off-the-grid voters.
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Oct. 30, 2012
As Hurricane Sandy blew in, President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney turned their focus to storm victims rather than swing voters. Gwen Ifill talks to Politico's Jonathan Allen about the delicate balance of remaining apolitical in the aftermath of a natural disaster while running the last leg of the race to the White House.
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Oct. 30, 2012
As participants in our "Vote 2012: College Tour," two University of Montana School of Journalism students are reporting on the closely watched Senate race between Sen. Jon Tester, the Democratic incumbent, and Republican Congressman Denny Rehberg.
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Oct. 30, 2012
As Hurricane Sandy barreled up the eastern United States, residents turned their attention from the presidential contest between Presdient Obama and Mitt Romney to state and local officials and the tensions brewing -- or lessening -- among them.
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Oct. 29, 2012
Bill Ivey, former National Endowment for the Arts chair, says he sees a crisis in our culture where public discourse no longer includes argument over values or why we do what we do as Americans. Jeffrey Brown talks to Ivey about his call for a revived progressive vision, outlined in his new book, "Handmaking America."
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Oct. 29, 2012
Political advertisers now have unprecedented access to online browsing data, and the presidential campaigns are using gathered information to slice and dice the electorate and engage with voters on issues that are most relevant to their lives. Hari Sreenivasan reports in collaboration with Frontline, Marketplace and Pro Publica.
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Oct. 29, 2012
With nine states declaring states of emergency in preparation for a superstorm, Hurricane Sandy has derailed political campaigning and some early voting this week. Judy Woodruff talks to Dan Balz of the Washington Post and USA Today's Susan Page about the likely effects on the race during the last week before Election Day.
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Oct. 29, 2012
Find out how and where "off the grid" voters are generating their own digital trail that the campaigns can track with this interactive feature built by Frontline.
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Oct. 29, 2012
All politics is local. Especially when swing states are in the path of Hurricane Sandy. President Obama began his day in Orlando, Fla., but will return to the White House to monitor what's been dubbed a monster storm.
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Oct. 26, 2012
Both presidential campaigns have their sights set on the Buckeye State. Their strategies for winning Ohio's 18 electoral votes both involve the place where voters set their sights -- television screens.
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Oct. 26, 2012
Judy Woodruff talks with NewsHour political analysts Mark Shields and David Brooks for the top political news of the week, including the significant role Ohio is playing this election cycle, microtargeting of key voter blocs and the candidates' last-ditch efforts to break the stalemate and take the advantage.
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Oct. 26, 2012
Republican nominee Mitt Romney campaigns across the Midwest on Friday, delivering a speech in Iowa before returning to Ohio, the key battleground where he held three events on Thursday. President Obama, meanwhile, will be mass communicating, sitting down for 10 interviews, including seven with battleground state reporters.
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Oct. 26, 2012
Regardless of whether it's 25, 14, 12 or 10 days, hours, or minutes -- what's not to like about knowing the end is in sight?
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Oct. 25, 2012
As Europe's economy falters, U.S. exports have declined and the fear of a Eurozone breakup has cast a shadow over Wall Street. Judy Woodruff talks to Zanny Minton Beddoes of The Economist and James Surowiecki of The New Yorker about how Romney and Obama should address Europe's debt crisis in their campaigns.
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Oct. 25, 2012
Ohio voters greeted visits from Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama, who also made stops in Florida and Virginia. Jeffrey Brown reports on the neck-and-neck polls and the money race -- both to earn and to spend. Margaret Warner talks to NPR's Mara Liason about the money the candidates are spending on ads and in swing states.
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Oct. 25, 2012
Ohio will be the center of the political universe once again Thursday as both President Obama and Mitt Romney make stops in the crucial battleground state. The dueling visits come as a Time magazine poll released found Mr. Obama leading his GOP rival, 49 percent to 44 percent, among likely Ohio voters.
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Oct. 24, 2012
Four alternative candidates to Mitt Romney and President Obama -- Gary Johnson, Jill Stein, Virgil Goode and Rocky Anderson -- met in Chicago for a third party debate to discuss everything from halting the war on drugs to reducing military spending to curbing the influence of money in politics. Kwame Holman reports.
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Oct. 24, 2012
From inside George Washington University's Jack Morton Auditorium, it was clear which of the verbal jabs and one-liners entertained the 300-person crowd at the presidential debate watch party Monday night. What were some of the students at the watch party saying after the debate about the substance of what the candidates said?
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Oct. 24, 2012
Journalism students at the University of Oregon spent the summer exploring political issues leading up to the presidential election. The school is participating in the PBS NewsHour's Vote 2012: College Tour along with 24 other journalism and political science departments across the country.
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Oct. 24, 2012
Sales of new homes are up this fall, but a third of U.S. homeowners are underwater with their mortgages, and swing states have some of the highest foreclosure rates. Jeffrey Brown talks to The Opportunity Agenda's James Carr and Cato Institute's Mark Calabria for why housing hasn't been discussed in the presidential campaigns.
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Oct. 24, 2012
The outcome in extremely tight senate races in states like Connecticut, Arizona, Indiana and North Dakota could determine who controls the Senate and the president's agenda come January. Gwen Ifill talks to Roll Call's Shira Toeplitz and The Rothenberg Political Report's Nathan Gonzales for more on just what's on the line.
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Oct. 24, 2012
The days on the campaign trail have gotten busier. President Obama traveled to Iowa, Colorado, California and Nevada in a single day, while his challenger Mitt Romney visiting Nevada and Iowa to make his case to the last undecided voters. Jeffrey Brown reports on the stepped-up pace in the last 13 days till the election.
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Oct. 24, 2012
Cuts in defense spending could have a lasting impact in Hampton Roads, Va., where some 40 percent of the population is employed by businesses that support the military. Most Virginians interviewed for the project said the economy and jobs were the most important issues this election cycle.