U.S. Presidential Election Results (2008)

The economic and political tumult in Europe has continued this week with anti-incumbent votes in France and Greece as well as signs of disaffection in Italy, Great Britain and Germany. The electorate is angry, and the election results have raised...

I was shocked to see that 91 percent of the 11,484 respondents to a Morning Call Question of the Day last week said they did not favor President Obama’s stance supporting gay marriage. I know we shouldn’t put much stock......

Complete, but unofficial, results of local, district and statewide races in Tuesday's 2012 Maryland primary election (candidates in boldface are the projected nominees):   Hagerstown City Council (With early voting and 18 of 18 Washington County...

Alaska Republicans turned out at polling locations across the state to select their pick for the presidential candidate to go up against President Barack Obama in November, before polls closed at 8 p.m. Tuesday. Here are the vote results released by...

If President Obama wins reelection in November, Friday's jobs report may be remembered as the turning point when he shifted from slight underdog to favorite. "Where are the jobs?" has been the question at the heart of the Republican case against Obama....

Julian Assange, founder of the whistle-blowing WikiLeaks website, was granted permission Monday to ask Britain's Supreme Court to rule on his possible extradition to Sweden to face allegations of sexual assault....

TALLAHASSEE — A new poll from the Democratic firm Public Policy Polling in North Carolina has released a survey finding Republican Gov. Rick Scott's popularity at an all-time low of 26 percent. Before the hate-filled bashing begins, let me remind...

Note: item updated 11 a.m. Wednesday to correct inaccurate reference to Aponte. State Rep. Darren Soto, D-Orlando, accused U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio of choosing party politics over interests of Puerto Rican Americans by voting Monday to block the confirmation...

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio attempted some last-minute deal-making with the Obama administration into the weekend to try to get condemnation of political developments in Nicaragua and, in exchange, the salvation of the administration's appointment of Mari...

Are Democrats beginning to reconsider their vote in the 2008 Democratic primary? With the nation's economy -- and arguably its politics -- in shambles, it is not very surprising to find in a recent Bloomberg poll that 34% of respondents think it would...

Political analysts and historians compare campaigns and elections to uncover likenesses and differences between candidates, issues and election results. We may not agree with their assessments or conclusions but they are useful and interesting...