Women's report card for 2006 vote
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They were pivotal voters and will hold a record number of seats in Congress - but equality still lags.
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And other surprising answers, in TIME.com's first-ever survey of the wives (and husband) of the presidential candidates
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THE RACE: The presidential race for Republicans, Democrats nationally (Washington Post-ABC News poll).
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Rasmussen Reports - The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds New York Senator Hillary Clinton (D) and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) virtually even in their race for the White House.
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In five House elections from 1992 to 2000 and then again in 2004, voters in a black-majority suburban Atlanta sent Democrat Cynthia A. McKinney to Congress. During that time, she gained some loyal supporters with her advocacy on behalf of minorities, women and the poor.
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Â· Two-thirds of 150 in top roles were in movementÂ· Support for girl-only activities after co-ed push
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Mike Huckabee needed incredible turnout from evangelical voters to win Iowa. Hillary Clinton was counting on the women's vote to beat Barack Obama. Huckabee succeeded; Clinton did not. The result? Two new front-runners in the White House race have emerged heading into New Hampshire's primary.
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The Democratic candidate slips in the polls of female voters
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While many women have negative feelings about the senator, they tend to agree with her and see her as a strong leader, the latest Times/CBS News poll shows.
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In their new role as the House majority, the Democrats so far this year have shown overwhelming unity on legislative votes. There are some exceptions, though Ã¢ÂÂ and they mostly come from members of the big and decisive House Class of 2006 who prevailed last year in politically competitive districts and could face difficult re-election contests in 2008.
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A day-by-day guide to the 2008 US presidential election, in words and pictures.
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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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Editor and Publisher - NEW YORK In the final stretch of the 2006 midterm elections, famed reporter Tom Edsall started his day with a virtual information overload Â reading no less than 10 blogs to keep abreast of the 24-hour coverage of Senate and House races across the nation. It's as if he's been doing it for all 65 years of his life Â instead of for the first time. In reality, neither he nor anyone else in politics had even heard of a blog during the last midterm election Â and since then, it's hard for many reporters to remember the time when they were considerably less connected.
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The status of the Green Party candidate's nationwide ballot campaign
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Demographics and details from AP-Ipsos polling on Congress &#151; before the 2006 elections and now. The poll was conducted by Ipsos, an international polling firm:
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ANOTHER gender gap has appeared, this time on a poll testing men&#39;s and women&#39;s knowledge of issues in the presidential campaign.
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Here is a month-by-month look at campaign 2004: