Barack Obama captured the White House on the strength of a substantial electoral shift toward the Democratic Party and by winning a number of key groups in the middle of the electorate. In particular, ...

Roundtable: Bipartisan Reaction To Election 2008No matter where you go, people are still talking about this year's historic election. An estimated 136 million Americans voted, smashing all previous ...

CNN’s presidential election coverage in 2008 continues to be etched in the collective memories of millions of Americans. It was the cable network that U.S. viewers tuned into the most that year to ...

You've likely heard where they stand on Iraq and immigration, but here's what the U.S. presidential candidates have to say on all things technology. Despite repeated queries in late 2007 from CNET ...

Not only is much of the world watching the U.S. election, a sizeable share appears to be writing about it on the web. As always, there is way more chaff than wheat, but good, thoughtful reporting and ...

A number of nifty applications have popped up in response to the 2008 elections, like Google's tool to search political speeches and the Obama iPhone application. One more social-networking ...

Religious Profile Margin of error: ± 3.5% Sample size: 697 Data from the Pew Forum’s U.S. Religious Landscape Survey. 2008 Georgia Primary Exit Poll Results Primary date: Feb. 5, 2008 Source: 2008 ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson entered the national spotlight during the civil rights movement and ran for president twice. He also courted controversy while in the public eye. By Neil Vigdor America’s ...

The beginning and the end of the 2008 General Election campaign were remarkably stable. Initially, after Barack Obama wrapped up the Democratic nomination, he was ahead of John McCain by four to seven ...

Highlights of recent interviews with UCSC faculty members follow. To contact any of these experts, call Jennifer McNulty at (831) 459-2495 or send e-mail to jmcnulty@ucsc.edu. Our country is beginning ...