Santorum struggles for voter approval
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Rick Santorum has spent 12 years in the Senate &#151; and millions of dollars on TV ads for a third term. Yet a lot of Pennsylvania voters just plain don't like him.
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Voters are sending mixed signals about how they want their communities to grow, embracing strict controls in some places and rejecting them in others.
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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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Advocates for the mentally ill are trying to secure voting rights while concern mounts about the risks of voting by people with conditions like dementia.
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The deciding votes in this critical battleground state could be cast long before President Bush and Sen. John Kerry make their final pleas to voters.
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Republicans are finding that a hard-line stance on immigration resonates with a wide swath of voters.
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The Republican candidate hasn't been able to muster much support for his bid within the crowded field.
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It's a voluntary army vs. a professional force. Button-down Republicans vs. street-wise Democrats. It's the ground war of American politics, with allies of President Bush and Sen. John Kerry spending fortunes to find their supporters and &#151; here's the hard, final part &#151; get them to vote.
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Early voting on the contract between Chrysler and the U.A.W. has been mixed, raising concerns that it may not win approval from the union membership.
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Six days before Election Day, Florida is again struggling with questions about potential voting irregularities.
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Why G.O.P. Senator Lincoln Chafee finds it hard to vote for Bush
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Poll results released on Monday were  divided on who leads the U.S. presidential race, as two gave a  slight edge to Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry and one showed a  slim margin of voters favoring President Bush.
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Just about everybody wants to have their say in this presidential election. From evangelical preachers who claim "God is not a Republican or a Democrat" to the anti-abortion Catholics Against Kerry, political advertising by smaller groups, and individuals in some cases, is popping up across the country.
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President Bush and Sen. John Kerry are locked in a tie for the popular vote, according to an Associated Press poll. Voters seem open to change in the White House &#151; most disapprove of the president's performance at home and in Iraq &#151; but still harbor doubts about making the switch.
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He tries to build on momentum of State of the Union and Iraq vote, but resistance runs deep.
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President George W. Bush&#39;s approval rating declined to 44 percent from 56 percent among undecided voters since the Republican National Convention, a poll by the University of Pennsylvania&#39;s Annenberg Public Policy Center found.
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Poll finds party faithful unhappy with his direction.