6 days till election: Obama maintains narrow advantage
ANALYSIS - President Obama still leads narrowly in most polls in Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire, Ohio and Wisconsin, keeping him on the path to win reelection next Tuesday...
What Obama and Romney must do now to win
ANALYSIS - With polls showing effectively a tied race, here are the big keys for the two candidates in the last 13 days of the presidential race...
Who will win the undecided voters?
ANALYSIS - The tiny fraction of voters who are still undecided (from 5 to 8 percent in most polls) may determine who is the next president, as Mitt Romney and President Obama remain effectively tied in polls. But who will they support?...
Why you should stop obsessing over the polls
ANALYSIS - With fewer than three weeks left, election-obsessed Americans in both parties have turned into 24/7 poll-watchers, reading every number for some sign that the election has turned decidedly for Mitt Romney or President Obama...
Obama v. Romney II: What to watch for
ANALYSIS - A strong performance by Mitt Romney in a debate almost two weeks ago helped shift the polls, showing the importance of these sessions in a close campaign like this one. Here's what to watch for when the candidates meet at Hofstra University on Long Island in New York...
Will Ohio propel Obama to victory?
ANALYSIS - In Ohio, three surveys over the last week (CNN, NBC/WSJ/Marist and PPP) have shown Obama maintaining a small, but stable lead in a state that no Republican has ever been elected president without carrying...
Affirmative action's big challenge: Lukewarm liberal support
ANALYSIS - Many Democrats oppose the practice, and some of the key liberal voices in the country are lukewarm about it...
Obama's biggest hurdle: Will his base turn out?
ANALYSIS - Obama is more reliant than Romney on blocs of voters who are not as consistent in turning out, particularly Latinos and people between the ages of 18 and 29...
Obama reaches 50 percent in new NBC/WSJ poll
theGRIO REPORT - President Obama has reached 50 percent in an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released Tuesday night, crossing a key threshold that makes him a strong favorite less than 50 days before the presidential election...
Romney's real 47 percent problem
ANALYSIS - Romney is right that something like 47 percent of voters may never back him, no matter what he says...
