You hear it every four years: This is the most important election in a generation. So if I say it to you about 2012, you'll probably tune me out as just another hyperbolic pundit. Which is why I ...

The demographics shifted. Democrats and Republicans saw the world differently. And some pundits and pollsters got things very wrong. Here are our key charts from the 2012 elections.

Winners and Losers of the 2012 election The red, white and blue confetti has been cleaned up at McCormick Place , and nearly all of the results are known from Election 2012. Here’s our take on ...

Straw polls, real polls, debates, caucuses, primaries—that's the public side of presidential campaigns 14 months before Election Day. But behind the scenes, strategists for President Obama and ...

The 2012 election will likely be tighter than the 2008 election, perhaps more like 2004 or even the highly contested 2000 election. With a little under one year to go before the 2012 presidential ...

The 2012 Election Reminds Me Of Something. May 29, 2012 12:38 PM ET. By . Linton Weeks It's the sort of question you toss out to a table full of politics buffs — sharing a pitcher of cold beer.

USA TODAY partnered with Gallup throughout the 2012 election, a relationship that ended this year. "USA TODAY had a long and successful relationship with Gallup.

This election will be unprecedented, no matter who wins. Nov. 6, 2012 -- intro:The polls were close, the predictions were rampant and the attack ads were constant, but no matter which candidates ...

Pollsters talked about the 2012 presidential election at the [National Journal]'s daily briefing during the 2012 Democratic National Convention. In the first portion John Benenson compared the ...

Regarding Matthew Continetti’s fine review of “The Unhappy Statesman” by McKay Coppins (Bookshelf, Oct. 24): Much to the chagrin of my Republican friends, I sat out the election of 2012.