Candidates Hopscotch Through Battleground States in Final Bid
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Nursing their vocal chords and trying to keep up their energy levels, President Bush and Senator John Kerry sprinted through several battleground states on the eve of Election Day, even though
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Presidential contenders squeezed a final few hours of campaigning out of the old year on Monday in a race marked by exhausting personal appeals, anonymous phone calls and a negative campaign commercial that vanished into thin air.
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Two weeks before the Nov. 2  election, the White House race between President Bush and Sen.  John Kerry has come down to a fight for about 10 states -- with  Florida and Ohio topping the battlegrounds.
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COLUMBIA, South Carolina  - The presidential race shifted to new battlegrounds on Sunday, as Republican John McCain looked for momentum from a big win and top Democrats paid homage to slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King.
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Republican presidential candidates have  swarmed through Florida looking for votes but a family squabble  has kept Democratic rivals out of the state or reduced them to  sneaking inside its borders.
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Democrats Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama, each claiming a pair of early victories, now leave the concentrated campaigning of Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina for an unwieldy and costly 10-day dash through 22 states that hold presidential primaries or caucuses Feb. 5.
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Republican and Democratic presidential candidates set off Sunday to make their final arguments in person to as many New Hampshire voters as they could find.
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DES MOINES, Iowa -- As the November election draws closer, the candidates are pulling off the gloves to win the battleground states.
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Clinton seizes frontrunner status again and targets 14 states while Obama heads for rival's backyard
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The Democratic and Republican presidential candidates make their final pitches to voters in 22 states
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WASHINGTON - President Bush has been solidifying his gains in states that once were dead heats, forcing both parties' campaigns to alter strategies as the electoral battleground shrinks. Democrat John Kerry is struggling to stay afloat in some hotly contested states, including Missouri, Wisconsin and Ohio, where polls show Bush pulling ahead...
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The presidential candidates ventured into bitterly contested territory Saturday, trading barbs over national security, the economy and health care.
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George W. Bush and John Kerry charged into the final week of their presidential race scrambling to nail down key votes in half a dozen states that could turn an agonizingly tight election.
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Candidates in Sunday's presidential election in Argentina make final bids for votes as campaigning ends.
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COLUMBIA, South Carolina  - The U.S. presidential race shifted to new battlegrounds on Sunday, as Republican John McCain looked for momentum from a big win and top Democrats paid homage to slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King.
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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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Democrat candidates squeezing out votes in east coast battlefield states ahead of Super Tuesday