After Ruling, Groups Spend Heavily to Sway Races
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Independent groups are using their financial muscle as never before to influence the presidential race.
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A growing religious movement sees potential to shift a blue state's hue.
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Modernisers and traditionalists are competing for the soul of the party.
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Outreach rises to top of GOP agenda, as minority populations who tend to vote Democratic far outpace the growth of whites.
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The National Museum of the American Indian has much to boast of, but it tries to serve too many constituencies.
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An advocacy group that registered more than a million voters two years ago is facing new allegations of voter fraud and sloppy work just weeks before crucial midterm elections.
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President Bush and John Kerry have accepted &#36;75 million each in government financing for their campaigns for the White House but tens of millions more will be spent by the parties and partisan interest groups to influence the race.
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The Democratic Party defused a tense internal struggle over how it spends its money by boosting spending on a get-out-the-vote effort for the November elections.
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The island nation's government is receiving new support from an unusual political group.
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Focus groups are hardly new to American politics, but they have taken on new relevance in a country where the ideological divide has grown into a chasm.
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WASHINGTON - President Bush and John Kerry have accepted $75 million each in government financing for their campaigns for the White House but tens of millions more will be spent by the parties and partisan interest groups to influence the race.
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WASHINGTON Aug. 19, 2004  Non-party groups spending millions of dollars in unlimited donations on ads and get-out-the-vote drives in this year&#39;s presidential race will face some new ground rules starting with the 2006 election.
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Many newly registered voters with uncertain allegiances are the focus of an intense tug of war in closely contested states.
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In a state that prizes undeclared voters, a small but potent group is deciding between two politically divergent candidates&#13;&#10;
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Residents nationwide are increasingly protesting their associations' fees and rules.
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The rulings of the National Labor Relations Board have poured out one after another in recent months, with many decisions tilting in favor of employers.
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In the last few years, political races from Congress to county sheriff have begun to hinge on the American Indian vote.