Some political observers have declared that the election of the first black president signals a new era of post-racial politics in the United States -- but the data show otherwise, two MIT researchers say.

University of Miami professor presents data indicating that the strength of the Jewish-American vote is not measured by its numbers but by its geographic concentrations

Analysis draws from Kaiser/Harvard survey of registered voters in September, as well as other polls

Now that the general election debates are over, University of Missouri Professor of Communication Willliam Benoit has analyzed the content of the three encounters between Senators McCain and Obama. He found that, overall, these presidential debates looked much like earlier debates.

What do presidential candidate Barack Obama and Snapple Iced Tea have in common? Patricia Turner, professor of African American and African studies at the University of California, Davis, will answer that question in a presentation at the American Folklore Society in Louisville, Ky., on Thursday, Oct. 23.

Most of nine forecast models developed by political scientists predict a victory for Senator Barack Obama over Senator John McCain in the two-party contest for the popular vote in the 2008 presidential election.

Sunnybrook researcher Dr. Donald Redelmeier and Stanford University statistician Robert Tibshirani have found an increased risk of fatal motor vehicle crashes on United States (US) presidential election days.

The Republican National Committee has launched a spoof of FaceBook called BarackBook that Highlight’s some of the more controversial "friends" in his "network, “who may not go well with the voters. According to RNC, BarackBook wants to show connections between Obama and his “friends” who could easily hurt his campaign.

If the latest reports are anything to go by, then we are about to see Virginia governor Tim Kaine alongside US Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama on the same campaign trail.

The McCain team said on Monday that doctors had successfully removed a “spot” from the face of the US presidential Candidate. The small mole-like growth on McCain’s right side of the face was removed early morning in what the Campaign team described as a precautionary measure.

As the US presidential race takes an international stage this month, new coverage is emerging on how the citizens of Latin American and Caribbean countries view Senators John McCain and Barack Obama, and their prospective presidencies.

Pennsylvania, with more than 12 million residents, is next to vote on which candidate the Democratic Party should nominate for U.S. president. With its combination of rural communities, small cities and large metropolitan areas, the state is large in size and its population is diverse. Senator Barack Obama holds a slight lead in the overall national race for the party's nomination. Most opinion polls show Senator Hillary Clinton with a dwindling lead among Pennsylvania's likely primary election voters.