Last year, 23-year-old Rashida Hill watched the presidential debates, visited the college political party meetings and put a Barack Obama bumper sticker on her townhouse door. She voted for Obama because she felt like the election was about "being a part of something." ...more

November 4, 2009

One professor called it spiteful. Another said it was far-fetched. Those were the reactions Wednesday to U.S Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite's request that President Barack Obama get the permission of Congress before he accepts the Nobel Peace Prize. ...more

October 29, 2009

Cuban-American voters in Miami remain dominated by an older generation with more extreme views on U.S.-Cuba foreign policy, including support for the U.S. embargo against their communist homeland, according to an exit poll taken during the 2008 election. ...more

March 22, 2009

Cuban-American voters here remain dominated by an older generation with more extreme views on U.S.-Cuba foreign policy, including support for the U.S. embargo against their communist homeland, according to an exit poll taken during the 2008 election. ...more

March 21, 2009

So much for privatizing the federal government. ...more

March 7, 2009

Led by 76-year-old Harley Smith's pitching, fielding and hitting, the Seminole Tire team rolled to a 25-16 victory over Central Security team in Lake Placid Senior Softball league play on Wednesday at the Lake June ball fields. ...more

February 20, 2009

Enthusiasm among blacks and Democrats for Barack Obama's candidacy pushed voter turnout in this year's elections to the highest level in 40 years. ...more

December 15, 2008

Tuesday's general election includes Republicans, Democrats and a variety of third-party competitors. ...more

November 1, 2008

In Tuesday's general election, Republican candidates in Florida will have a built-in advantage on the ballot over their Democratic and third-party competitors. ...more

October 31, 2008

With 20 days until the general election, the campaigns of Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama are working feverishly to get out the vote among core supporters in the Tampa Bay area. ...more

October 16, 2008