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In forecasting what the U.S. Congress will look like after the November 6 elections, Princeton University's Sam Wang is what his fellow analysts call an "outlier." Wang, one of a ...

Turning out your base, not winning arguments, is increasingly the key to electoral success. AS THEY wake on November 6th, political-science students at Temple University in Philadelphia will receive e-mails ...

Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney's running mate, has admitted "missteps" in the Republican presidential campaign, ahead of next week's first presidential debate. The Republican vice presidential candidate downplayed expectations of Mr ...

Presidential candidates Barack Obama and Mitt Romney pledge to create jobs, and that will involve bringing home manufacturing jobs from China. But do politicians even offer American businesses what they ...

Romney and the president have both tried to play up the other side's debate skills, but latest poll favours Obama nonetheless. Barack Obama has lost the first round in the ...

Hugo Chavez has said if he were American he would for Barack Obama, as he weighed in on the US presidential race. "If I were American, I'd vote for Obama," ...

Election forecasting services are starting to project an Electoral College majority for President Obama. The current Moody's Analytics presidential election model gives President Obama 303 electoral votes, saying that "weak ...

SOMETIMES modern political debates turn out to be ancient arguments. John Stuart Mill is generally considered to be the very epitome of the Victorian liberal, a proponent of free speech ...

The debate between President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney on Wednesday marks the first time the two candidates will be able to challenge each other directly on the ...

President Barack Obama has stopped a Chinese company from building wind turbines in the US state of Oregon, citing national security concerns, his administration said. Ralls Corp, a private Chinese ...