2012 election

Gallup's Frank Newport digs into the latest polling data on the cure for our economic ailments.

As Romney prepares to tap running mate, historians say vice presidents have a mostly unseen role in shaping policy.

The former governor talks about the importance of the middle class in this year's presidential election, and what he thinks Mitt Romney needs to do to improve his standings.

Liberal pundit James Carville explains why class matters in this year's presidential election in his new book, ''It's the Middle Class, Stupid!''

President Obama and Mitt Romney have different takes on the economy. Commentator Justin Wolfers says they're both right.

About a month back, the Federal Election Commission approved a proposal to allow campaign contributions via text message. Both Obama and Romney camps have showed their support for the plan. But now Reuters is reporting that wireless carriers in the country might not be so easy to convince.

And why they do, or don’t, really matter in this year’s elections.

Any day now, the Supreme Court decision on the Affordable Care Act will come down. Two years since the act was passed, what do American's think of the reforms?

Ahead of what's billed as a major speech by Barack Obama in Cleveland, democratic strategists want the president to change his message to acknowledge slow growth.

The change gives federal candidates a new way to tap into small donor networks, but questions about how much money it will bring in remain.