If the Election Were Held Today...
Projected electoral votes, based on the latest state-by-state polling. Candidates will need 270 votes to win.
Your Election Info
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- Your state races
- Politics calendar from MSNBC.com
- Map the candidates
- The day in politics: 'First Read' blog
- Check out 'Trailhead' blog from Slate.com
- Campaign Junkie page from Slate.com
- Background, analysis from MSN Encarta
- From across the pond: MSN UK coverage
- Try MSNBC.com's 'Election A to Z'
- How the election system works
- Results from primaries
Latest Political News
- McCain, Obama campaigns battle for 'change'
- Obama: McCain focused on biography over economy
- McCain says 'it's over' for special interests
- VP candidates' sons headed to Iraq
- Subpoenas to be issued for Troopergate probe
- Brownstein: What if McCain is elected?
- NYT: Party in power, running as if it weren't
- Jobs data highlight voters' top concern
- Red Tape: Was Palin's Soc. Sec. No. put on the web?
- Newsweek: The latest celebrity fad? Politicians!
Opinion/Analysis
- First Read: Mostly lukewarm reviews for McCain
- 'Stumper': When will Palin meet the press?
- Slate: Soccer moms vs. hockey moms
- Tom Curry: GOP ponders, what if Obama wins?
- Newsweek: What women want from Palin
- Newsweek: Critics rate Palin's big speech
- Slate: Why Dems should be scared of Palin
- First Read: Conservatives find their Obama
- Tom Curry: GOP returns to classic tactic
- Slate: What does it mean to 'vet' someone?
- NYT: Bush praises McCain … from afar
- Newsweek: Thompson's Heartland appeal
Presidential Candidates
C = Constitution, D = Democratic, G = Green, I = independent, L = Libertarian, R = Republican
Checking the Facts
Nonpartisan Newsweek.com & Factcheck.org dissect claims by candidates & others
- Checking up on GOP convention speakers
- Errors in McCain's Palin vs. Obama ad
- Obama auto industry ad takes wrong turn
- McCain's false claims on Obama tax plan
- Obama speech stretched some facts
- McCain misleads in Rezko attack ad
- Obama's McCain-Reed ad lacks key facts
- Obama birth certificate is genuine
- McCain views distorted in ad on economy
- Obama, McCain stretched truth at forum
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Political Video
- Romney to GOP: 'Republicans prefer straight talk'
- Delegates respond to Sarah Palin's speech
- What effect will Palin selection have on election?
- Protestors harass GOP delegates in Minnesota
- Former Republican explains why he's voting Obama
- DNC tribute to Barack Obama in Denver
- Brian Williams asks Michelle Obama about her speech
Live Vote
- After hearing Sarah Palin's convention speech, do you think Sen. John McCain made the right choice?
- Yes, Palin will make a good VP
49% - No, he should have picked someone else
46% - I don't know
5%
- Yes, Palin will make a good VP