Legacy Topic: Elections

Super PACs that can spend unlimited money insure that candidates at the back of the pack won't drop out as quickly as they used to.

Conventional wisdom says the candidate who raises the most money is likely to get the most votes. But is that really true?

Last night, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney said that President Obama would like to turn the U.S. into a social welfare state. But even if he wanted to, how much impact does a president have on the economy anyway?

New Hampshire voters go to the polls in the state's all-important primary contest. The Republican presidential candidates have been campaigning in the Granite State for weeks and months.

New Hampshire, like Iowa, has a state economy that is much better off than the national average. So what do candidates focus on there to win over voters?

Economy continues to add jobs, but not fast enough to make campaigning easy for President Obama.

The economy is shaping up to the top issue of this election year. How does that compare to the last election in 2008?

Rick Santorum is the latest GOP candidate to face the problem of increasing popularity without an increase in political dollars.

Supporters and foes of collective bargaining rights will spend big on the presidential race in Ohio. Labor unions claim the issue has rallied their members.

A combination of free TV debates and outside money is helping candidates penny-pinch for now.