Mixed economic impact from campaigns
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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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WASHINGTON -- The economy has slowed even more than previously thought, but the sluggish spell is not expected to turn into recession as Election Day nears.
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New campaign finance rules have prompted many Washington area companies to contribute less soft money into the presidential contest than they did four years ago.
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The Trail | Campaign refocuses after Tuesday's pummeling raises new questions about strategy.
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A brief history of the Presidential Election Campaign Fund:
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Interest groups that can urge the public to vote for or against candidates have spent at least &#36;25 million on the presidential race since Labor Day, with John Kerry's supporters outspending Bush's by more than 4-to-1.
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WASHINGTON Oct. 4, 2004 - While there has been more Internet advertising activity in this year&#39;s presidential race than in the past, the money spent on Web ads still pales in comparison to that allocated
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Following is an outline of the economic positions of President Bush and his Democratic opponent Sen. John Kerry.
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The economy grew at a faster pace this spring than previously thought, but it was at its weakest in more than a year, providing ammunition to both candidates in the final weeks of the presidential race.
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The candidates from both parties were trying on Friday to generate momentum for policies designed to keep the country from sinking into recession.
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The campaign fundraising figures reported by individual House and Senate candidates do not tell a complete or necessarily accurate story of the levels of campaign spending in their races. That is because outside playersÃ¢ÂÂ spending also is a major factor in virtually all of the most competitive races Ã¢ÂÂ including the money put in by the national partiesÃ¢ÂÂ campaign committees.
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The pace of economic growth has been a point of contention throughout the Presidential campaign, and just in time for Election Day, the government&#39;s advance report on
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Rarely are the tradeoffs between campaign contributions and lucrative official favors quite as obvious as in the twisted case of Coconut Road.
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WASHINGTON -- A string of government reports yesterday offered a mixed picture of the US economy.
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A slowing  economy may be a drag on corporate profits, some analysts say.
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The troubled US economy is increasingly shaping the presidential race, with candidates promising fresh initiatives on Friday four days before a Republican nominating contest in hard-hit Michigan.
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Americans have turned markedly gloomier about the economy in recent months, a shift that is reshaping a presidential campaign long dominated by the war in Iraq and national security concerns.