The Latino vote
If Barack Obama is re-elected on November 6, a large part of that will be down to the Latino vote. The big question for Mr Obama, then, is will enough Latinos be motivated to turn out on election day...
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US election round-up, Tuesday October 30
Welcome to a storm-curtailed review of US election coverage after a day on which both President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney stopped campaigning because of Tropical Storm...
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US election round-up, Wednesday October 31
Welcome to a summary of US election coverage on a day when the advantages of incumbency will surely continue to work on behalf of President Barack Obama. His role in supervising the clear-up of damage...
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US election round-up, Thursday November 1
Welcome to a summary of US election coverage of a day when President Barack Obama had the luxury of dominating television screens without having to pay an extra cent in advertising, while his opponent...
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Israel and Iran: where red lines lie
Last month, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, made two announcements regarding his country’s stance on the Iranian nuclear programme. First, he said that Israel would not be going ahead with...
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US Election – The Polls Open
Voters wait outside a makeshift polling station on Sandy-ravaged Staten Island, New York. (AP) Welcome to the FT’s live coverage of a momentous election in which US voters will choose between Barack...
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US election night: As it happened (5-7pm)
Getty Welcome back to the FT’s live coverage of the US Election 2012 in which US voters will choose between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. As millions of Americans continue to head to polling sites...
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US Election Night: As it happened
Getty Welcome back to the FT’s live coverage of the US Election 2012 as voters have re-elected Barack Obama over Mitt Romney. The Democrats will retain a majority in the Senate, while the Republicans...
View ArticleIn the Picture: Obama’s first term
The relief felt by Obama supporters on Wednesday is tonally different from the unbridled elation of 2008. The four intervening years have instilled a little more wariness and a little less hope. So...
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A new bipartisanship? Don’t bet on it
Fans of Obama rhetoric went into ecstasies last night over the president’s victory speech. Here was the old Obama back: strong, confident, with his preacher’s cadences – appealing for a better future...
View ArticlePolls apart on US backing for trade deals
Are Americans more on board with President Barack Obama’s efforts to clinch massive deals with the Pacific Rim and the European Union than most Democratic lawmakers give him credit for? This week, the...
View ArticleFT podcast: World Weekly with Gideon Rachman
US mid-term elections and their longer term repercussions In next week’s US mid-terms, the Republicans are looking to win back control of the Senate and increase their majority in the House of...
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In the cornfields of Nebraska
Notes from the Heartland Dennis Bute is a noun guy. Riding shotgun in his pick-up, cornfields melting into liquid gold, I listen to the 64 year-old farmer itemise West Point, his home town in western...
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US Election round-up Friday October 19
Welcome to a round-up of media coverage of a presidential election now so close that the candidates, with less than three weeks of campaigning left, are paying visits to states with only four votes of...
View ArticleUS election round-up: Monday October 22
Welcome to the election news round-up on the morning before the third and final presidential debate, which will focus on foreign policy. While investors may increasingly focus on the threat of the...
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US election debate round-up, Tuesday October 23
Welcome to the round-up of reaction to Monday night’s third and final presidential debate, in which President Barack Obama went on the offensive. The debate’s topic was foreign policy and it saw an...
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US election round-up, Wednesday October 24
President Barack Obama at a rally in the swing state of Ohio. (AFP/Getty) Welcome to the US election news round-up on the day that the candidates switched from sparring over military planning to...
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US Election round-up Friday October 26
Welcome to a round-up of presidential election news and the quadrennial process of the “last dash for votes” stories has begun early this time around. Concepts like “momentum”, “campaign groundwork”...
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US election round-up Monday October 29
It may be a contest to become the most powerful human on the planet, but even the US presidential race has to bow to the might of nature sometimes. As Hurricane Sandy summoned up her powers to hammer...
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