2012 election

Mitt Romney has won the first two primaries in this year's presidential election race, but thanks to super PACS, candidates who aren't doing as well might stay in the race longer than ever before.

Super PACs that can spend unlimited money insure that candidates at the back of the pack won't drop out as quickly as they used to.

Conventional wisdom says the candidate who raises the most money is likely to get the most votes. But is that really true?

Last night, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney said that President Obama would like to turn the U.S. into a social welfare state. But even if he wanted to, how much impact does a president have on the economy anyway?

Mitt Romney’s role as founder of Bain Capital has prompted rivals to criticize him for destroying jobs. What exactly do private equity firms do?

New Hampshire voters go to the polls in the state's all-important primary contest. The Republican presidential candidates have been campaigning in the Granite State for weeks and months.

New Hampshire, like Iowa, has a state economy that is much better off than the national average. So what do candidates focus on there to win over voters?

Economy continues to add jobs, but not fast enough to make campaigning easy for President Obama.

A fractured web presence and unified pranksters affect the presidential candidate's results.

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