State-By-State Election Breakdown
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The 50 states plus the District of Columbia control 538 electoral votes. The candidate who receives a majority, 270, wins the presidency. Most states operate under a winner-take-all system. The breakdown for President Bush and Democratic Sen. John Kerry:
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Results of recent polls on the presidential race. Listed above each set of results is the name of the 2000 winner in a given state, the organization that conducted the poll, the dates, the number interviewed, whether it was adults, registered voters (RV) or likely voters (LV) and the margin of error (MoE). Results may not total 100 percent because of rounding.
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Rasmussen Reports - Rasmussen Reports releases a Daily Presidential Tracking Poll providing updates on the latest polling data for both the Republican and Democratic Presidential nomination. Weekly commentaries are provided each Monday on this page for the Democratic race. Weekly commentaries are also provided on the race for the Republican Presidential Nomination.
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Some demographics and details about how Americans felt about the 2004 presidential election.
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Democrats Clinton and Obama split states; biggest prize projected for New York senatorSen. John McCain piles up projected wins -- including crown jewels California and New York Mike Huckabee projected for impressive wins in South; Mitt Romney cobbles together victories
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THE RACE: The presidential race for Democrats and Republicans in New York
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The latest results from The Associated Press in states voting in presidential contests Tuesday.
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Results of recent polls on the presidential race. Listed above each set of results is the name of the organization that conducted the poll, the dates, the number interviewed, whether it was adults, registered voters (RV) or likely voters (LV) and the margin of error (MoE). Results might not total 100 percent because of rounding.
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Analysis: What Obama's critical wins over Clinton in three states, and McCain's losses to Huckabee in two, say about the state of the parties and fate of the general election
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At least one Election Day prediction turned out to be right: Ohio was the king of the swing states. Correctly forecasting which way the Buckeye State would turn -- and why -- was another matter.
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THE RACE: The presidential race for Republicans and Democrats in Florida
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In 2000, political pundits summed up the race in three words: Florida, Florida, Florida. Here's three words to consider this fall: Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota. President Bush is targeting their combined 27 electoral votes &#151; the same total as Florida, where a bitterly contested recount settled the last election.
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Facts and figures on spending in the presidential race:
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Some statistics on American life as Election Day nears, compared with four years earlier.
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The Associated Press-Ipsos poll on the presidential election and its outcome is based on telephone interviews with 1,000 adults, including 856 registered voters and 670 likely voters, from all states except Alaska and Hawaii. The interviews were conducted Oct. 22-24 by Ipsos Public Affairs.
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A look at a number of states where poll monitors are massing for Tuesday's election. Authorities worry they could confuse or intimidate voters, particularly where races are close.
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Bush and Kerry are fighting over just 20 undecided states. A look at where the candidates stand in the latest polls, and how the races will play out