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Lyndon Baines Johnson won the 1964 US Presidential Election in a landslide, a popular vote victory which has eluded every Democratic candidate since.

When America elected Barack Obama, its first black president, emotion was rampant. Not because of political ideology but for the realization that the nation changed.

What and how to collect campaign memorabilia during this election year. This is a learning project for students and will be of interest to all collectors.

Obama's message of hope is upsetting the same groups that made the Reagan Revolution possible. But it doesn't matter. Things have changed.

Questions marks are generally for asking direct questions. Recently they have been used by polemicists to mask their inflammatory rhetoric as "just asking a question."

In the past few days Sen. John McCain, has attempted to pull votes away from Sen. Obama into his own campaign for president, but will this strategy be effective?

Despite decades of low voter turnout and apathy, many far-reaching changes in American history hinged on who was elected President.

Gallup faced serious financial ruin if he lost the bet he made with the newspaper publishers to refund the money for his services for an entire year.

During George Gallup's career, he did not miss the mark too often as he predicted future U.S. presidents. But, in the 1948 election, he blew it and was nearly ruined.

His book, "The Pulse of Democracy," painted a vision of the potential of political polling. He believed that such polls could re-create the spirit of a town hall meeting.

Three viable contenders, in the Primaries, belonged to an interesting set of minority groups; Women: Hillary Clinton, African-American: Barack Obama, Aged: John McCain.

The method for selecting US Presidents is difficult to comprehend. Primaries, caucuses, delegates, conventions and the daunting Electoral College are intimidating events.

Provocateur Ann Coulter has a new book out. Entitled Guilty: Liberal "Victims" and Their Assault on America.

US Presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee won the Iowa Caucus. Can he take his campaign all the way to the White House?

From a physicists viewpoint, the extremely close 2000 Bush Gore presidential election was a problem with measurement uncertainties and significant figures.

This year, Americans are seeking craftier alternatives to traditional yard signs and buttons to advertise their presidential nominee, making political pumpkins a hit!

Truman's re-election stunned a young polling industry. The pollsters blew it, experts questioned their procedures, and the public pondered the value of political polls.

American Presidential elections generally produce a clear preference among candidates. But the winners of close races have produced history-altering results.

The demand for souvenirs from the 2008 U.S. Presidential election has been the motivation for the start and expansion of many retail businesses.

The election of 1824 pitted two factions of the Republican party, the only major party existing, against each other: National versus Radical or Old Republicans.

Honest Grover Cleveland won the popular vote in three consecutive presidential elections, a feat shared by Andrew Jackson and exceeded only by Franklin Roosevelt

While national presidential polls showed Barack Obama to be only a few percentage points ahead of John McCain, electoral map calculators gave Obama a much stronger lead.

A new comer to the U.S. Senate now less than half way through his first term there, Barack Obama hopes to use his political star power to move into the White House.

After being Ambassador to the U. N., Secretary of Energy, and being nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson wants to be President...

After 11 years representing Ohio in Congress, this former Cleveland mayor has become one of the most controversial Presidential candidates in the 2008 election.

One of the Democratic Party's frontrunners for the presidential nomination, Hillary Rodham Clinton currently serves as a U.S. Senator for New York.

Former North Carolina Senator John Edwards was the Democratic Party's candidate for Vice-President in 2004. He hopes to head the ticket in 2008...

A GOP maverick and Vietnam Era prisoner of war, John McCain hopes to become the oldest President in American history.

Once considered a long short for the GOP nomination, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee is gaining in the polls and becoming the darling of political conservatives.

A medical doctor and 28-year veteran of Congress, Ron Paul ran for President before - in 1988, as the Libertarian Party's candidate.

He was "the Nation's Mayor" during the 2001 terrorist attack on NYC. Queen Elizabeth made him a knight and TIME named him "Man of the Year." He wants to be President...

In a hotly contested, close presidential election, James Blaine lost the crucial swing state of New York due to three words used days before voters went to the polls.

The 1860 U.S. presidential election was one of the most contentious ever. Four candidates vied for the nation's highest office. The underdog, Abraham Lincoln, won.

High voter turnout percentages in U.S. presidential elections since 1960 reflect deep concerns over domestic and foreign policy issues affecting peace and prosperity.

Although Andrew Jackson won the popular vote, the House of Representatives denied him the presidency in 1825 by supporting rival John Quincy Adams.

The national election of 1852 demonstrated the inability of the chief political parties in confronting the growing crisis dividing the country and leading to secession.

Many factors enabled a fledgling Republican Party to capture the White House in 1860 but a chief reason may have been the division of the Democrats into three parties.

Although renominated unanimously, Republicans had strong doubts that Abraham Lincoln would be returned to office given the shift in mood among Northern voters.

Winning six states, Goldwater was viewed as an extremist whose views would result in nuclear confrontation with Russia while LBJ was considered the lesser of two evils.

Henry Clay was a major candidate on three unsuccessful occasions, promoting his American System against Andrew Jackson and the Democrats.

Congressional compromise awarded disputed electoral votes from three Southern states to Rutherford B. Hayes and ended Reconstruction in the South.

Although third parties generally focused on single issues like Prohibition, they seldom affected the final electoral result; there were, however, some exceptions.

The presidential election of 1800 was the first truly disputed election in our nation's history, and became a defining event in shaping the United States Constitution.

Although not yet explicit, the former popular president of Iran shows signs of returning to campaign for the 2009 election.

Presidents of the United States have largely been chosen for what they could do for the economy and society. Some notable elections have turned on events far from home.

Presidential election polling in the 1900s based upon unscientific polling procedures. How the procedures changed dramatically after the election of 1936.

Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States, was almost larger than life. In many ways he personified America's transition from the 1800s into 20th century.

Traditionally, Greeks kept politics away from the games to send a message: the time of the Olympic Games should be politics-free. We should do the same.

Although he offered no specifics on how to combat the Great Depression, most voters chose Franklin D. Roosevelt merely because he was not Herbert Hoover.

Looking for a persuasive speaking topic for a speech or writing class for Fall 2008? Look no further than the presidential election, Christmas, and other current events.