Preliminary results from a national Associated Press exit poll of voters in Tuesday's elections: ...more

November 5, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY – Whether they were for Barack Obama or John McCain, voters in Northwest Hillsborough in Election 2008 had strong opinions about why their man is the best one to lead the country. Voters exiting polling places at Rocky Creek Village, the Town 'N Country Recreation Center, the Lutz Community Center and Lake Magdalene United Methodist Church gave different reasons for their vote. ...more

November 4, 2008

There should be no excuse for not voting in the 2008 presidential election, said Norma Stokes, assistant supervisor at the Highlands County Elections Office. ...more

November 4, 2008

Republican John McCain on Thursday spiced up a cross-state bus tour aimed at keeping vote-rich Florida from swinging to the Democrats by accusing rival Barack Obama of saying "anything to get elected." ...more

October 23, 2008

A rough chronology of John McCain's and Barack Obama's negotiations concerning the bailout bill and the debate: ...more

September 28, 2008

WEDNESDAY: McCain announces he is suspending his campaign and will not debate Friday unless a bailout agreement is reached. He urges Obama to do the same. Obama says he called McCain about issuing a joint statement on the bailout earlier and will go on with the debate. ...more

September 27, 2008

Republican John McCain said Wednesday that he wants to postpone Friday's debate to deal with the nation's financial problems, but Democrat Barack Obama said "it's more important than ever" that the country hear from its next president. ...more

September 24, 2008

A Mason-Dixon poll released this morning on NBC's "Today" show, showed that if the presidential election was held today, Florida voters slightly favored Sen. Barack Obama over Sen. John McCain. The difference was 2 percentage points, and the margin for error in the poll of 625 randomly selected "likely voters" was 4 points. Overall, the poll showed that 47 percent of the survey would vote for Obama and 45 percent for McCain. ...more

September 23, 2008

Unemployment is at a five-year high. Financial firms that withstood the Great Depression are failing. Congress and a lame-duck president are gridlocked. So when John McCain declared that "the fundamentals of our economy are strong," it drew ridicule from Democrat Barack Obama. ...more

September 17, 2008

The "civil forum" featuring presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain may not have been as exciting as Michael Phelps winning his eighth Olympic gold medal, but it was civil and it was a forum from which emerged useful information. ...more

August 22, 2008