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Special Report: Election 2012

North Carolina: Amendment One and the Black Vote

Black voters in North Carolina greatly influence the outcome of the presidential election as well as the fate of same sex marriage in the state.

Special Report: Election 2012

Swing state students debate: absentee ballot or register at school?

This choice brings to mind something a politically charged Dr. Seuss would say, “One state, two state, red state, blue state.”

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What’ll it Be, Mr. President?

The Gateway Breakfast House in Portland has a wide range of belly-busting and classic American offerings, among them the cheesy […]

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Stand By Your Man

What effect do presidential wives have on voters?

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Third party candidates: A long shot worth taking?

Who are the third party candidates and how do you not know about them if they are running for president of the United States?

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Colia Clark, Green Party candidate for Senate, Strives for Change

Colia Clark is running on what she calls “a freedom agenda for the 21st century” founded on “educating, organizing, rabble-rousing.”

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Hydrofracking Becomes Issue in State Senate Race

Protecting the environment is at the core of Wagner’s campaign

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A Warzone of Harassing Comments

“I was told, basically, that I was stupid and that I just believed what religion shoved down my throat.”

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Harnessing the Youth Vote in 2012

About 17 million young adults are eligible to vote for the first time in the presidential election.

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A group of New Yorkers canvas in Philadelphia

At 8:25 a.m., the volunteers left The Goodwin, stopped at the Obama for America headquarters uptown to cram empty seats with more volunteers, and then headed off.