Analysis: 8 States May Decide Election
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Eight states worth just 99 electoral votes are up for grabs in the closely fought presidential race, with the White House going to whoever conquers this shrinking battlefield.
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U.S. News & World Report - Advisers to Barack Obama are increasingly convinced that the fight for the Democratic presidential nomination will continue past February 5, when 24 states will hold nominating contests, including California, New York, and New Jersey.
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Candidates' race, gender, age, and religion are among the factors that could shape the election.
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Eight months, three debates, hundreds of speeches and hundreds of thousands of television ads after it all began, the US presidential race may hinge simply on which side gets out the vote tomorrow.
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In Washington State, ballots are being recounted in closest statewide race in history, one of several undecided nationwide. By Dean Paton | Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor.
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Voters in 44 states went to the polls Tuesday to choose roughly four-fifths of the nation&#39;s state legislators, with Republicans and Democrats nearly evenly divided and perhaps a dozen states
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Voters in 11 states will elect  governors on Nov. 2 in contests that test both the drawing  power of the presidential candidates dominating the ticket and  the down-home strength of the two major parties.
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By John Schmid, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel  Feb. 9--The states of the industrial Midwest can tilt the 2008 presidential race to their advantage if they unite for the first time behind what a Brookings Institution author calls a common political agenda and near-identical industrial heritage.
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Big delegate-states could really influence the race on the G.O.P. side.
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The Supreme Court, which settled the last presidential election, may be drawn into this one even before Election Day.
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Could differences in economic performance among the states actually determine how the election shakes out?
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The presidential election may be decided along party lines, but in six states with close races for governor, local concerns prevail.
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Although polls show the US presidential race a virtual dead heat, Democrat John Kerry appears to be gaining an edge over George W. Bush among the key states that could decide the outcome.
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With most of the states having made up their mind on the presidential race in February, less than a quarter of them can truly be regarded as still in play.
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U.S. citizens living abroad who want to participate in the 2008 primary elections have a number of options.
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At least one Election Day prediction turned out to be right: Ohio was the king of the swing states. Correctly forecasting which way the Buckeye State would turn &#151; and why &#151; was another matter.
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The Democratic contest is more likely to be decisive.