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Digging for voters with Big Data
Hari Sreenivasan Oct 23, 2012
PBS NewsHour's Hari Sreenivasan explains how campaigns are using data to influence what shows up on your computer screen and on your doorstep.
Could Google be this election's true crystal ball?
Kai Ryssdal Oct 23, 2012
One researcher uses Google to track which voters are likely to go to the polls and the candidate they'll choose.
Another look at the undecided voter
Kai Ryssdal Oct 22, 2012
Taking a closer look at why some voters remain undecided.
You can get fired for talking politics at work
Kai Ryssdal Oct 22, 2012
Depending on where you live, and what kind of company you work for, your boss can tell you who they want you to vote for. And they can fire you if you don't.
Pro-Obama super PAC outpaces GOP counterpart
Rachael Marcus Oct 22, 2012
Super PAC donations flow, Ameritrade founder give big.
The real energy gusher produced by Ohio fracking: Oil
Scott Tong Dec 10, 2012
The presidential campaign talks a lot about coal in Ohio, but the fossil fuel of the moment is oil. Fracking has made possible a second oil boom, more than a century after the state's first one.
Economic issues to take center stage in debate
Mark Garrison Oct 22, 2012
Foreign policy is the official topic of tonight's final presidential debate, but look for both candidates to connect global issues to American jobs.
Nate Silver on political polling in the cellphone and social media age
David Brancaccio Oct 22, 2012
Nate Silver, who tracks polls at the New York Times blog Five Thirty Eight, says that technology is great for forecasting political races, if we use it correctly.
Mystery group spends $1 million opposing Obama
Rachael Marcus Oct 19, 2012
'Citizen Awareness Project' based in Colorado
