It was a festive atmosphere at republican candidate Mitt Romney's last rally in New Hampshire before the US Presidential elections. New Hampshire is one of the nine swing states and has four electoral college votes. ...
11:53 AM, Nov 06, 2012
CNN-IBN's Parikshit Luthra reports from the Democrat office in Atlanta. Volunteers at the office make calls to voters to get them to come out and vote. ...
11:44 AM, Nov 06, 2012
Iowa: For President Barack Obama, it ended where it all began. Obama closed his 2012 campaign with a nighttime rally on Monday in Iowa, where his 2008 caucus victory jumpstarted his road to the White House. In an event steeped in nostalgia, the president urged voters in the swing state to help him finish what they started in Iowa four years ago. "I've come back to Iowa one more time...
11:31 AM, Nov 06, 2012
538 votes will decide the election between President Barack Obama and his republican challenger Mitt Romney. CNN's poll finds Obama barely leading Romney 49 per cent to 48 per cent. It can be called one of the closest and tightest races to the White House. ...
11:20 AM, Nov 06, 2012
Women voters in the United States could swing the deal in the Presidential elections. Sixty-six per cent women have registered to vote. Priti Rao of the Massachusetts Women's Political Caucus talks about how women voters hold the key. ...
11:13 AM, Nov 06, 2012
Rapper Jay-Z took the stage on President Barack Obama's behalf in Ohio. Bruce Springsteen also pumped up the crowds at rallies in Ohio, Wisconsin and Iowa. Kid Rock campaigned for Mitt Romney in New Hampshire. His song Born Free is the Republican's campaign anthem. ...
09:37 AM, Nov 06, 2012
There are nine swing states that the vote camps are focusing on with 110 electoral college votes between them even to the last minute. Republican candidate Mitt Romney is planning to campaign through the election day in the key states of Ohio and Pennsylvania. ...
09:25 AM, Nov 06, 2012
Washington: Owing to the unique nature of American political system, both the camps in fray for the presidential polls will be eying the magical figure of '270', which is the minimum number of Electoral College votes a candidate needs to bag to be declared as the next President. Presidential elections in the US are held under which each state is worth a certain number of electoral votes based on population....
08:52 AM, Nov 06, 2012
Washington: Republican Mitt Romney will continue with his election campaigning even on the poll day on Tuesday as he plans to woo the voters in key battleground states of Ohio and Pennsylvania. According to campaign officials, Romney will travel to Ohio and Pennsylvania, which political experts said is part of his move to give a last minute edge to his electoral prospects in these two critical states. If past is...
08:09 AM, Nov 06, 2012
New York: The United States has begun early voting in what can be called one of the closest and tightest races to the White House. 538 votes will decide the election between President Barack Obama and his republican challenger Mitt Romney. CNN's poll finds Obama barely leading Romney 49 per cent to 48 per cent. Millions in the key states have already cast absentee or early ballots despite long queues,...
07:29 AM, Nov 06, 2012
Washington: President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney are essentially tied on the eve of Election Day, but the Democrat has a slight edge in some of the pivotal states where the election will be decided, according to Reuters/Ipsos polling released on Monday. Nationally, 48 per cent of likely voters surveyed said they supported Democrat Obama and 46 per cent backed Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, polling showed. In...
06:12 AM, Nov 06, 2012
Washington: The close election battle between President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney might take a while to resolve, but Americans following the returns could see clues to the ultimate winner emerge early on Tuesday night. One of the most crucial battlegrounds, Virginia, is among the first states to end its voting, at 7 pm EST on Tuesday. The most vital prize of all, Ohio, closes its balloting shortly afterward...
02:49 AM, Nov 06, 2012
Washington: President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney made their final urgent pleas to voters on Monday in a closing sprint through vital battleground states that will determine who wins their agonizingly close race for the White House. Both candidates sought to whip up a strong turnout from their supporters and to sway independent voters to their side in the last hours of a race that polls showed was...
01:13 AM, Nov 06, 2012
It's 12 years to the day since Irom Sharmila went on fast against AFSPA. It's a neck-and-neck race between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. ...
11:46 PM, Nov 05, 2012
Campaigning ends today in the US presidential elections, being described now as the closest race ever. ...
11:38 PM, Nov 05, 2012
Washington: Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's campaign team has quietly been preparing itself for the transition to presidency if he manages to defeat incumbent US President Barack Obama. Mindful of the fact that in the last 100 years only three sitting presidents George H W Bush, Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford have been defeated in their reelection bid, the Romney Campaign has secretively been gearing itself for the transition through...
11:10 PM, Nov 05, 2012
Washington: Here are a few items that largely have been missing from the presidential campaign: planes, trains, roads and bridges. But as Superstorm Sandy reminded the world so vividly, we can't afford to do without them. So why isn't the nation's transportation infrastructure a hot topic? Money, for one. Neither President Barack Obama nor Mitt Romney has a good idea for how to pay for what needs to be done....
09:28 PM, Nov 05, 2012
Sanford: One day left in their stubbornly deadlocked race, President Barack Obama and challenger Mitt Romney are storming through a final exhaustive campaign push Monday that won't end until the wee hours of Election Day in pursuit of every possible vote. Both candidates say the winner will be determined by which of their operations can get the most supporters to the polls. "This is going to be a turnout election,"...
08:05 PM, Nov 05, 2012
New York: For the first time, voters in some counties in New York may get an extra day to vote if disruptions caused by Superstorm Sandy prevent enough people from showing up at the November 6 Presidential polls, a state official has said. County election officials could ask the New York state Board of Elections to allow polls to reopen for another day if the turnout on Tuesday is less...
05:37 PM, Nov 05, 2012
Washington: Supported largely by the Indian-American community, President Barack Obama's Democratic Party with the longest continuous operation in the US has promoted a social liberal and progressive platform since the 1930s. Led by Obama, the 15th Democratic president of the United States seeking re-election on the slogan of "Forward", the party says it is "focused on building an economy that lasts-an economy that lifts up all Americans" as it believes...
05:21 PM, Nov 05, 2012
