Like a slow, elderly Miami driver who’s always got his turn signal on, Florida continually gives us electoral gridlock. In the nation’s largest swing state, the presidential race between Barack Obama ...

The candidates called it the most important election of our lifetime. This time the cliché seemed especially hollow. Yes, there were big issues at stake: the solvency of social programs, the prospect ...

(Special to The Root) — In the day-to-day pre-election grind, it’s so easy to get bogged down in the 24-hour news cycle that we start to lose sight of what’s actually at stake in this presidential ...

What a long, strange trip it has been. While YouTube was around during the last Presidential election, its effect on politics has never been more clear than in this current race for the White House.

I'm Michel Martin, and this is TELL ME MORE, from NPR News. Coming up, we're hearing a lot about the so-called fiscal cliff: those automatic spending cuts and tax hikes that will take effect if ...

Is it too early to think about the 2012 elections and potential candidates' takes on healthcare? I don't think so. Healthcare promises to be the mother of all topics for this upcoming election. With ...

Against the backdrop of a presidential election that will set Barack Obama against Mitt Romney, Election 2012 is officially underway. Adding to the intrigue: scrambled political lines thanks to ...