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Americans across the political spectrum are in favor of scaling back the amount of money going into campaigns.

In Tuesday's elections, a record number of women were elected to serve in the Senate -- part of a larger, ongoing shift in the Democratic Party.

Year-to-date spending totals for this year's election have exceeded spending for the past six elections combined.

What's the percentage of electoral votes that come from states with new voter ID laws? Find out with this New York Times infographic.

Covering the candidates' positions on the issues that matter is one thing, but what about the issues that don't.

Wall Street was firmly behind Obama in 2008 -- but this year, the employees of many big banks such as Goldman Sachs have defected to Romney.

A New York Times interactive looks at the candidates' gestures and the message they might convey to audiences.

A new report from the Pew Hispanic Center analyzes the voting trends of America's Latino population.

The Guardian has a put together a map of the United States showing how different statistical groups are distributed by state.

In the last five years of their lives, many seniors spend all of their assets covering health care costs — and they're on Medicare.