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Oct. 1, 2012
Over the past few months, both campaigns have focused on the key swing state of Colorado in hopes of capturing its nine Electoral College votes. So, what topics are on the voters' minds there this election cycle?
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Oct. 1, 2012
Heading into Wednesday night's debate, President Obama holds a narrow lead over Mitt Romney nationally and a more sizeable advantage in the battleground states that will ultimately decided the November election.
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Sept. 28, 2012
NewsHour political analysts Mark Shields and David Brooks discuss the week's top political news, including the start of early voting, the challenge Mitt Romney faces in trying to recoup in the polls, and how the candidates should prepare for the first 2012 presidential debate.
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Sept. 28, 2012
President Obama leads Mitt Romney by seven points, 51 percent to 44 percent, in New Hampshire, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist survey. The president also edges his GOP rival in Nevada (49 percent to 47 percent) and North Carolina (48 percent to 46 percent).
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Sept. 27, 2012
With the first debate right around the corner and the election 40 days away, the Obama campaign took to television Thursday with a new two-minute, direct-to-camera ad that tries to sum up why voters should re-elect the president to the White House.
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Sept. 26, 2012
Though Election Day is nearly six weeks away, some voters have already cast their ballots. Thirty-five states have early voting or no-excuse absentee voting. Gwen Ifill talks to George Mason University's Michael McDonald for more on the process of early voting and its potential impact on the 2012 election.
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Sept. 26, 2012
As Mitt Romney and President Obama hit the campaign trail, the candidates know that a high young voter turnout may be the key to winning or losing swing states. But with polls saying 40 percent of young people are disappointed with the political system, the candidates have their work cut out for them. Judy Woodruff reports.
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Sept. 26, 2012
What drives young voters to the polls? And how is each presidential candidate looking to harness their energy? I asked Judy Woodruff that question in this week's Political Checklist.
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Sept. 26, 2012
Other than their age and their massive numbers, what's different about what voters under 30 are looking for in this election? After spending a weekend in and around Columbus, Ohio, I was reminded that young people can often be swayed by the same arguments as older voters.
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Sept. 26, 2012
No Republican has won the White House without winning Ohio, but it appears increasingly likely that Mitt Romney will have to find a path to 270 electoral votes without the Buckeye State if he is to become the 45th president of the United States.
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Sept. 25, 2012
President Obama will seize the bully pulpit Tuesday at the United Nations General Assembly in New York with a focus on quelling violence spreading abroad and promising the United States will "do what we must to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon."
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Sept. 24, 2012
Debate preparations are underway with only one week until the first 2012 presidential debate between President Obama and Mitt Romney. Judy Woodruff talks to The Rothenberg Report's Stu Rothenberg and USA Today's Susan Page for more on the strategy behind the messages coming from the Obama and Romney campaigns.
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Sept. 24, 2012
Political ad spending has doubled overall, but in critical battleground states the numbers are more drastic. In 2008, 519 presidential campaign ads aired in Colorado Springs, Colo. Four years later, the number has jumped to 1,445. Gwen Ifill talks to NPR's Ari Shapiro about the blitz of campaign ads in a Republican leaning city.
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Sept. 24, 2012
The deluge of campaign ads is being concentrated in a handful of battleground states that political experts say ultimately will determine the outcome of the election. NPR and the PBS NewsHour visited Colorado Springs, Colo., one of the hottest political advertising markets in the country.
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Sept. 24, 2012
With just over six weeks to go before voters decide whether President Obama deserves a second term, Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and the incumbent Democratic president each made their case in interviews Sunday on CBS News' "60 Minutes."
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Sept. 21, 2012
NewsHour political analysts Mark Shields and David Brooks discuss the week's top political news with Judy Woodruff, including the release of Mitt Romney's 2011 tax returns, Romney's remarks on the '47 percent,' and President Obama's handling of the unrest and deadly protests over the American anti-Islam video.
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Sept. 21, 2012
President Obama has badgered Mitt Romney to release more than two years of income tax returns. Romney addressed criticism by releasing his 2011 returns, showing he paid an effective tax rate of 14.1 percent. But that didn't take taxes off the campaign trail as the candidates set out to woo older voters. Judy Woodruff reports.
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Sept. 21, 2012
President Obama entered the final stretch of the campaign season with $88.8 million in the bank, while his Republican rival Mitt Romney had $50.4 million in cash on hand and $15 million in debt to repay.
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Sept. 21, 2012
In the past twelve days, there have been 82 published election polls. Eighty-two. But it's tough - and a bit arrogant - to call the election in mid-September, before a single debate has been held or vote cast.
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Sept. 20, 2012
When the Supreme Court upheld the Citizens United case, the government no longer could prohibit or restrict independent political expenditures by corporations. Judy Woodruff talks to The Atlantic's James Bennet and the Washington Post's Ann Gerhart for more on how political fundraising has evolved this election cycle.
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Sept. 20, 2012
At a Spanish-language town hall in Florida, President Obama and Mitt Romney addressed questions and issues of importance to Hispanic voters in the state and across the country, including the DREAM act, immigration reform and deportation concerns. Judy Woodruff reports.
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Sept. 20, 2012
State Sen. Nina Turner said she thinks recent efforts to change the requirements for voting in her home state of Ohio and other battlegrounds are a partisan effort to disenfranchise voters.
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Sept. 20, 2012
Join correspondent Gwen Ifill for a live chat, hosted by PBS' Washington Week Thursday at 12 p.m. ET.
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Sept. 19, 2012
A new Pew poll suggests Americans are paying attention to 2012 campaigns, and that Election Day will see high numbers of voters cast their ballots. Gwen Ifill talks to Pew Research Center's Andy Kohut and the Huffington Post's Mark Blumenthal for what the latest polls say about the mood of U.S. voters.
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Sept. 19, 2012
Presidential debate moderator Jim Lehrer plans to spend half of the Oct. 3 forum on the economy.
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Sept. 19, 2012
Whether you take the national view or go state-by-state, the polls all seem to show the same thing: President Obama has the advantage over Mitt Romney 48 days from Election Day.
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Sept. 18, 2012
Journalist Bob Woodward had harsh words for former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney Tuesday, suggesting Romney went out of bounds with his comments made at a private fundraiser.
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Sept. 18, 2012
In a 4-2 decision Tuesday the Pennsylvania Supreme Court vacated a lower court's decision to uphold Pennsylvania's strict new voter ID law, asking that it review whether the new law will disenfranchise voters.
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Sept. 18, 2012
In other news Tuesday, the Pennsylvania State Supreme Court ordered a lower court judge to review his decision to uphold a voter ID law that could disenfranchise voters who don't have government IDs. Also, NATO leaders plan to scale back to joint operations with Afghan forces after an uptick of 'green on blue' attacks.
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Sept. 18, 2012
A video released this week caught Mitt Romney calling 47 percent of voters unswayable Obama supporters who are 'victims' who don't pay any taxes. Gwen Ifill talks to Tax Policy Center's Roberton Williams and National Journal's Nancy Cook about backlash over Romney's remarks and whether his rhetoric paints an accurate picture.