Flunk out of Electoral College? Here&#39;s primer
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WINNER-TAKE-ALL: The popular vote for president is interesting, but the real electing ballots are cast by the members of the Electoral College.
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Voters finally are about to make decisions in a landmark presidential race that both sides believe is pivotal in terms of America&#39;s future.
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According to the polls, the presidential election is now a toss-up. However, there is one historical &quot;iron law&quot; that hangs heavy over President George W. Bush&#39;s re-election.
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Could differences in economic performance among states determine how the election shakes out? The answer is a definite maybe.
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Political strategists determined early on that this year's White House race would come down to a block of uncommitted or &quot;swing&quot; voters in a smattering of US states.
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The presidential contest is assumed to be a cash cow for early voting states. If so, it probably will produce skim milk at best.
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Twenty-four states hold some voting contest on Feb. 5, with 1,681 Democratic delegates and 1,023 Republican delegates to the national presidential nominating conventions up for grabs. A candidate needs 2,025 delegates to secure the Democratic nomination, and 1,191 to win the Republican nomination.
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Is Saturday the end of a football season or Election Day? Between speculation about polls and appeals to voters, it&#39;s difficult to tell.
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With Election Day a little more than six weeks away, Americans are being bombarded with often-conflicting polls, adding another layer of confusion to a contest
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A brief history of the Presidential Election Campaign Fund:
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Inundated with politics long before  the 2008 presidential election, U.S. voters are in danger of  suffering wearying bouts of the uniquely American affliction of  &quot;campaign fatigue&quot; in coming months.
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The prospect of another close U.S. presidential election has focused new attention on the Electoral College, which actually chooses the winner, but the renewed calls for change are likely to fail as they have hundreds of times in the past.
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While most voters have chosen their favorite candidate for president, several sites offer online tests for the undecided. In some cases, the results can be quite contradictory. By Joanna Glasner.
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âThe Appealâ is John Grishamâs handy primer on a timely subject: how to rig an election.
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There&#39;s an unusual urgency to the electoral process this year, reflected in higher attendance at campaign rallies, record viewership of presidential debates and soaring voter registration, not to mention an increase in heated debates over the dinner table
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Anxiety over the Bush administration&#39;s handling of Iraq and the economy may have voters in some states second-guessing who to send to the White House.
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Different readings in the presidential race point, in part, to a volatile electorate.