Voters in Ohio and New York made their own decisions on fracking. Expect more; one of the biggest environmental fights in America is increasingly happening at the country's lowest political level.
Butler County is angry that the groundhog got his prediction wrong. At some future time, visitors from another planet — or, perhaps, our own ancestors, who somehow come across the drifting remains of our modern life for the first time — will find this news article and be completely perplexed. Herein, a spirited defense.
Fred Abdalla has been targeted as a symbol of the corrupt nature of the Ohio city and its football team ever since the hacking collective made the rape charges national news again this week. So it was strange to see the sheriff on stage at the Anonymous rally Saturday afternoon.
An already emotional case became that much more complex today when a WikiLeaks-style site dumped new information about football boosters, the town sheriff, and the alleged "Rape Crew" information rounded up by the anonymous hacking collective.
A new Pennsylvania voter-identification law requiring all voters to provide photo IDs is causing confusion at the polls, even though it is not yet in effect. And other problems are cropping up, particularly—no surprise—in Pennsylvania and battleground states:
Ohio is just like 2000 Florida: If a close race demands a recount, conditions are ripe for a repeat of the delays, confusion, and chaos that racked the Sunshine State. And just like 12 years ago, the state’s ultimate winner could very well determine who is the next president.
The importance of Ohio to this presidential race has been repeated again and again as Election Day approached, but as voters go to the polls, how important is just one vote in the state?
Today in Poll Watch: National polls show the presidential race essentially tied. In the swing states, it's a mixed picture: Mitt Romney has the upper hand in Florida, the two are in a dead heat in Virginia, and President Obama is ahead in New Hampshire and Ohio. But that still means Romney's the underdog, because winning Virginia and Florida won't get him to 270 electoral votes.
President Obama's reelection Tuesday looks increasingly likely, but it's not certain. There's still a chance Mitt Romney could surprise pollsters and even some Republicans who've grown grim over the weekend. How could he do it?
Today in Poll Watch: Colorado, a back-up for Obama, has the president in a small lead for the most part, a CNN/ORC International Poll has Obama up by three, and Mourdock drops (though not according to him) in Indiana.
Let's be real. The one state that really matters is Ohio. While it is mathematically possible for both candidates to win without Ohio, it is extremely unlikely. All the last-minute spinning might have left you, dear readers, in a state of confusion about what's going on there. But there's actually a lot we know.
Things are improving in New York, and all things said, conditions could be worse, Jon Stewart mused last on The Daily Show. Just look at what life is like in the Swing State Hell that is Ohio.
Karl Rove predicts that Mitt Romney will win at least 279 electoral college votes, and 51 percent of the popular vote to President Obama's 48 percent in a Wall Street Journal op-ed. But it's a very different prediction than the one Rove has been making on his own website.
Obama's up by slim margins in two Ohio polls, a national poll has Obama up by five, Michigan might be up for grabs, Obama's up by eight in a Wisconsin poll, and Europeans like Obama.
What Mitt Romney hoped to gain from an ad falsely suggesting Jeep is sending jobs to China was probably to peel off some of the working class white voters backing President Obama in Ohio, where the auto bailout is popular. But that has come at some cost.
As we enter the final week of the campaign (and Sandy's immediate dangers subside), the focus turns back to the swing states and few remaining polls that still matter.
Our of respect for the Americans put in harm's way by Hurricane Sandy, Mitt Romney's campaign events have been turned into "storm relief events."
If it wasn't already obvious that things are heating up in Ohio, well, this will certainly convince you. Buzzfeed's Zeke Miller had the brilliant idea of asking each campaign to annotate their opponents voting memo distributed in the Buckeye state.
With Ohio now the make it or break it state in the presidential race, its citizens are being inundated with propaganda: in fact, Julie Bykowicz of Bloomberg News reports that watching all of the presidential advertisements that aired in Ohio in the past month would take 80 days nonstop.
Even though almost every single poll and early voting points to President Obama winning Ohio's 18 electoral votes, it hasn't stopped Democrats from hitting panic button over their quadrennial fear of Republican-controlled voting machines.
The Election Day cliche in a close race is that "it all comes down to turnout," but it's coming down to turnout earlier this year. Because of early voting, 6.5 million Americans have already cast their ballots.
Today in Poll Watch: Gallup has brought Romney's lead down to three, Murphy is now up by six in Connecticut, a new poll shows cause for concern for Obama when it comes to enthusiasm, and two polls show how tight it is in Ohio.
Today in Poll Watch: Numbers raise questions about just how many opinions the debates affected, Obama's up in his crucial state of Ohio, and national polls give Romney the upper hand.
Women are the key to President Obama's lead in Ohio, and Ohio is his key to stopping Mitt Romney's momentum nationally and winning the electoral college vote.
Today in Poll Watch: In Maryland, marriage equality is leading, the Democrat is up in Ohio's Senate race, and Romney takes a seven-point Gallup lead.
The Supreme Court just issued a ruling on early voting in the state of Ohio that should help Democrats in their fight for the key battleground state of this election.
Today in Poll Watch: Voters in three swing states see more strong leadership qualities in Romney than Obama; in another poll of swing states we find the debate didn't change that many people's minds; a small number of debate watchers do so on two screens; and the national tracking polls once again conflict.
A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.
Voter ID laws have received plenty of attention recently, but they're not the only controversial changes to election rules this year. Some states have made changes that critics say could impact individuals' ability to vote. Here are four.
The Ohio Democratic Party took out a full page ad in The Lantern, the Ohio State student newspaper, that was simply a picture of the Republicans face with a quote laid over top saying, "I have been a Michigan and Wolverine fan for a long, long time."
Today's in Poll Watch: Two different pollsters show Virginia, Ohio, and Florida leaning more towards Romney than they had been, but the tracking polls still have Obama up nationally.
Ohio county prosecutor Laina Fetherolf wants to clear things up with voters: She did not drop her panties onto a judge's bench and say "problem solved." Did not.
Today in Poll Watch: Two national polls show differing results, Romney's close in Florida and Virginia, but down in Ohio, Romney's gaffe was worse than Obamas, and the Democrat might be winning the Arizona senate race.
President Obama has launched two ads—a nice happy one about his plans for the future, and a mean one playing Mitt Romney's "47 percent" audio—while Romney attacks Obama on a core Ohio issue.
Today in Poll Watch: Voters are seeing President Obama as the way to go for the benefit of the economy, Mitt Romney is seen unfavorably by half of Americans, Democrats lead Senate races in Florida and Ohio, and the Arizona Senate race might be tighter than expected.
In today's Poll Watch: Things aren't looking good for Mitt Romney in Ohio, President Obama's also up in Florida, and the Massachusetts Senate race is tied.
Both candidates had good news to point to in the national polls today, which means they also both had bad news. Here's our guide to today's polls and why they matter.
Rasmussen's tracking poll now follows suit with a bump for Obama. That said, North Carolina remains neck-and-neck and New Mexico is perhaps closer than it should be for a non-swing state.
A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.
A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.
Voters in three swing states are down on the Republican plans for Medicare, but the race remains tight in a nationwide poll today. Also, Obama's maintaining something of a lead in Ohio and an even bigger one in Pennsylvania. Here's our guide to today's polls and why they matter.
Obama has leads in Florida, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, all crucial swing states. The president's approval rating was up for the first half of the year in 13 states and D.C. Here's our guide to today's polls and why they matter.
New polls out today find that Obama has leads in swing state Ohio and swing-y state Wisconsin. Here's our guide to today's polls and why they matter.
Firefighters in Ohio are still trying to contain a huge fire ignited after train cars carrying "denatured alcohol" and styrene derailed outside Columbus, Ohio.
Mitt Romney's campaign has a new ad in Ohio featuring a 2008 clip of Hillary Clinton saying "shame on you, Barack Obama," pitting the inter-party rivals against each other in a strategy that's seems like it'll be pretty easily diffused.
While Mitt Romney is polling pretty close to President Obama nationally, the president has a wider lead in swing states, and the findings suggest TV ads are making a difference. Plus, Obama's new immigration policy doubles his lead among Florida Latino voters.
To get reelected, Republican governors in swing states need to say they've led their states to over growing economies, but to get Mitt Romney elected, they need to say their economies are awful and it's President Obama's fault. It is a tricky needle to thread, and Florida Rick Scott is not doing it very well.
"President Obama spoke for 54 minutes and there was not one new idea about how to fix the economy," House Majority Leader Eric Cantor tweeted in response to President Obama's big campaign speech in Ohio Thursday, and he was right!
Mitt Romney will go on a five-day bus tour through six states this week, and where he plans on going offers clues to how the presidential election is shaping up.
Mitt Romney has said if Republicans don't get more popular among Latinos, they're "doomed." So far, he's still not too popular.
In today's Ad Watch: President Obama goes after Mitt Romney's business career, a conservative group makes an Occupy Wall Street argument, and Republicans try to reach young folks.
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