The Recount Primer
However, the unsuccessful candidate can request a recount at the state’s expense if the margin is less than a quarter of 1 percent.
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Capitol Lens: Yes Sir, That’s My Baby
GOP candidate Mitt Romney poses with a patriotically clad tyke at the Farm Bureau Center in Doswell, Va., on Nov. 1.
Massachusetts: New Poll Finds Senate Race Very Close
Scott Brown (R) led Democrat Elizabeth Warren by 1 point among likely voters in a new poll, casting drops of doubt on the conventional wisdom that Warren had pulled into a comfortable and nearly insurmountable
Outside Spending Defines Elections
Campaign spending by unrestricted super PACs and secretive tax-exempt groups topped $1 billion in this election cycle, close to four times the amount spent by such organizations in the last presidential
Where to Go Election Day & Night
DSCC/DCCC reception: 1 p.m.-?; Art & Soul: 7-10 p.m. Lincoln “Tally the Vote” Party 1110 Vermont Ave.
Next Year’s Budget Debate May Be Total Mess
could be facing one or more spending and taxing decisions in January and February if the fiscal cliff (My apologies, there I go again.) is either delayed for a few weeks or happens as scheduled on Jan. 1
Inauguration Deals
Those wishing to exercise their right to be unbelievably fabulous — musicians Sting and Jennifer Lopez have both stayed in the Hyatt’s penthouse suite in the past — need to book this special by Jan. 1.
Editorial: 112th Congress Can Still Do Something
bipartisan groups, including some Members of Congress, have been working on better ways to go, most of them built around the Simpson-Bowles debt commission’s recommendations for $3 in spending cuts to $1
Keeping an Eye on Third-Party Candidates
For instance, if a third-party candidate is polling at 5 percent in an internal poll with a margin of error of 4 points, the candidate could actually be polling as low as 1 percent.
Experts Predict Confusion at Voting Spots
At a Cleveland precinct where more than 2,500 voters cast ballots after waiting in chilly weather on Sunday, the line began forming two hours before doors opened at 1 p.m., according to the Cleveland
Settle In: Election Night Viewers’ Guide
We could be headed for a repeat of 2004 and 2000, when 1 point separated the presidential contenders.
Tim Kaine, George Allen Banking on Sophisticated Ground Game in Virginia
This year, House, Senate and presidential voter contact projects all run through a central Victory office, which has translated into 5.5 million personal contacts and more than 1 million door-knocks statewide
Daily Ad Track
Rhode Island 1 Group sponsoring the ad: National Republican Congressional Committee Candidate attacked: Rep.
Indiana: Howey Poll Gives Donnelly Big Edge Over Mourdock
McLaughlin & Associates conducted Mourdock’s poll of 600 likely voters from Oct. 30 to Nov.1 and had a margin of error of 4 points.
Parkmobile Backs Down From Blaming Dick Durbin for Parking Fee
Park Mobile, Inc. email sent Nov. 1. “Last week in a press release and email … the company made an overly simplistic statement about the underlying cause of increasing card transaction fees.
Alzheimer’s Group Intensifies Grass-Roots Strategy
One of the group’s recent bipartisan polls by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research and Public Opinion Strategies found that more than 1 in 3 likely voters have a loved one with Alzheimer’s and about
Candidates Abandon Campaign Trail to Dial for Dollars
The top House fundraisers in competitive races bring in, on average, about $1 million more than in 2008. A study released Wednesday estimated that $6 billion will be spent on the 2012 elections.
Total Cost of Election Will Exceed $6 Billion, Group Predicts
Incumbent lawmakers enjoy a huge advantage over challengers, with the average incumbent Senator raising $11 million over a six-year term, a nearly 10-to-1 advantage over a Senate challenger’s average haul
Coming Down to the End of the Line in 2012
The ABC News/Washington Post tracking poll has consistently shown a tight national presidential race (though with Romney often ahead by 1 point), and the most recent NBC News/Wall Street Journal
Massachusetts: New Poll Has Elizabeth Warren Up 7 Points Over Scott Brown
About 1 percent were undecided. The survey found 45 percent had a favorable opinion of Brown, while 42 percent had an unfavorable opinion of him.