Our own expert has sorted through the major election issues and prepared
this Election 2004 Coverage feature. These insightful commentaries
are now updated weekly, and include the latest news on Election 2004,
from the Iowa Caucus through the November election. Select commentaries
also feature weblinks to current data including public opinion polls,
statistics, and more. Check out the Electoral
College Animated Map to see which states are for Bush, which are for
Kerry, and which are swing states.
November 4, 2004
President George W. Bush Wins a Second Term; the GOP also Makes Gains in Congress.
October 26, 2004
The Possible Electoral College Scenarios On November 2nd; Current Polls and Electoral College Projections.
October 19, 2004
What Will Be the Impact of Ralph Nader Upon the Election’s Outcome?; The Aftermath of the Third Presidential Debate and Current Polls/Electoral College Projections
October 12, 2004
Poll Reactions To The October 5th Vice-Presidential Debate (Cheney-Edwards) in Cleveland and the October 8th Second Presidential Debate (Town-Hall Meeting Format) in St. Louis.
October 5, 2004
Most Polls Register a Kerry Gain at the Expense of President Bush After Their First TV Debate Is Held on September 30th at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida.
September 29, 2004
The "Ten Toughest Things to do in Presidential Politics"; President Bush Continues to Lead in the Polls as He and Senator Kerry Prepare for Their First TV Debate to be Held on September 30th at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida.
September 22, 2004
Bush and Kerry Agree on Three TV Debates with the First to be Held on September 30th at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida; Election Polls Continue to Fluctuate Dramatically.
September
15 , 2004
Colorado's Electoral College Experiment and Its Presidential Implications;
The Latest Rasmussen Tracking Poll Shows Little Change in the Bush-Kerry
Race.
September
8 , 2004
President Bush Enjoys A Discernible Convention "Bounce" After the Republican
National Convention.
August
25, 2004
Controversy over John Kerry's Vietnam War Record: The "Swift Boat Veterans
for Truth" Television Ad and Kerry's Counter-Attack.
August
16, 2004
New Polls; Bush and Kerry Clash Over the Issue of Nuclear Waste in Nevada.
August
2, 2004
What Do Recent Polls Reveal about the Post-Democratic Convention "Bounce"
for Senator John Kerry and Senator John Edwards?; Also, How and Why
do the Election 2004 "Rules" Differ From Previous Elections?
July
19, 2004
What Do Recent Polls Reveal about the Election After Senator John Kerry
Selected Senator John Edwards of North Carolina on July 7th to be his
VP Running Mate?; Also, Senator Kerry and President Bush continue their
battle over the issue of "values" during their campaigns.
July
2, 2004
A Look At Six Methods of Predicting the 2004 Presidential Winner; What
Do Recent Polls Reveal about the Election?
June
21, 2004
Election, 2004 Update, June 21, 2004-Senator Kerry Seeks a Vice-Presidential
Running Mate; The Current Electoral College Map.
June
7, 2004
Election, 2004 Update, June 7, 2004-The Latest Poll Results; Senator
Kerry Raises the Issue of Nuclear Terrorism; What Could Go Right
For President Bush Between Now and November.
May
17, 2004
Election 2004 Update, May 17, 2004- The Latest Polls; The Billion Dollar
Presidential Campaign?; A Large and Complex 2004 Electoral College Map!
May
6, 2004
New Kerry Television Ads and the Bush reaction (based upon Mark Memmott's
report); Increased Interest From the Electorate and Young Adults in
the 2004 Presidential Campaign.
April
30, 2004
Current Public Opinion Polls-What Do They Reveal About the Status of
the Bush-Kerry Race?
April
22, 2004
Senator Kerry's Vietnam War Service Record, Medals and Protests Become
Campaign Issues.
April
15, 2004
The Flip-Flop Image; Kerry's Vietnam War Record/Medals.
March
30, 2004
Democrats rally (including an endorsement from Howard Dean) around Senator
John Kerry in a show of party unity and funding support even as GOP
attack ads continue on Kerry's economic proposals/record.
March
16, 2004
Senator John Kerry's victory in the Illinois Primary guarantees his
party's presidential nomination; Meanwhile, campaign charges and countercharges
intensify the campaign.
March
2, 2004
Senator John Kerry, by winning nine out of ten states on Super Tuesday,
becomes the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee as Senator John Edwards
subsequently withdraws from the race.
February
25, 2004
John Kerry's nomination "momentum" is slowed as Senator Edwards does
surprisingly well in the Wisconsin Primary; Howard Dean withdraws from
the race; Ralph Nader announces he will run for the presidency in 2004
as an Independent candidate.
February
11, 2004
The Likelihood of Senator John Kerry's Nomination Increases After New
Hampshire with New Victories in Ten More Primary/Caucus States.