New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has left the Republican Party and switched to “unaffiliated”.

For weeks Ohio Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell has generated controversy while deciding how voters in this crucial swing state can go about choosing a president.

In an election that could rival the photo finish of 2000, US voters were today choosing between President George Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry.

The first presidential election since the United States plunged into its war on terrorism was finally handed over to voters today.

The first presidential election since the US plunged into its war on terrorism was finally handed over to the voters today.

Broward County officials in Florida are questioning how many of the 58,000 absentee ballots they sent out actually reached voters.

FAVOURABLE public reaction to his performance in the first presidential debate has boosted Massachusetts Senator John Kerry and narrowed the contest with President Bush to a tie, according to a new poll.

New opinion polls show Democratic challenger John Kerry running narrowly ahead of President George Bush just days after the first of their three debates and less than a month before the presidential election on November 2.

Senator John Kerry scored a victory over President George Bush in the first election campaign debate, early polls suggested today.

DEMOCRATIC presidential candidate John Kerry said yesterday it was a mistake for US President George Bush to pursue Saddam Hussein instead of Osama bin Laden.

George Bush has a seven-point lead over his Democratic challenger, John Kerry according to a US poll published today.

US President George Bush has taken a double-digit opinion poll lead over John Kerry in the wake of the Republican convention.

President George W. Bush retains an advantage with voters on such qualities as decisiveness and strength of leadership despite the Democrats’ effort to promote John Kerry as a strong leader, a poll has found.

US president George Bush has opened a slight lead over presidential challenger Senator John Kerry while regaining the confidence of some voters on the economy and other domestic issues, according to a new poll that held a silver lining for Democrats.

US president George Bush has pulled back into a tie with Democrat John Kerry in a CBS News-New York Times poll, apparently boosted by increasing optimism about the economy.

DEMOCRATIC challenger John Kerry raised more campaign cash than US President George W Bush last month and spent more too, but started June with millions less on hand than the incumbent as a summer of campaigning begins.

US PRESIDENT George Bush's public approval ratings have sunk to a new low five months before the November election.

US public opinion of President George Bush’s handling of issues such as the economy and the war on terrorism is near the low point of his presidency, but rival John Kerry has been unable to capitalise on Bush’s slide, a poll found.

Public doubts are growing about Iraq and President George Bush’s handling of the war nearly a year after he declared an end to major combat, according to a new poll.

George Bush has stretched his lead over Democratic rival John Kerry to six points, according to a poll that shows the September 11 commission hearings have not harmed the president politically.

An affair will not derail John Kerry’s presidential hopes, but Ralph Nader just might, writes Tom Wright from Washington.

Consumer advocate Ralph Nader announced today he will run again for the presidency, declaring that Washington has become “corporate occupied territory” and arguing there is too little difference between the Democratic and Republican parties.

SO Rónán Mullen thinks Ralph Nader, the old consumer rights warrior and erstwhile Green candidate for the White House, is an ‘extreme’ left-winger (Irish Examiner, Dec 10).

THE American Embassy held a big party in Dublin’s Mansion House on the night of the last American presidential election in November 2001. There were about 1,200 Irish guests, mainly media and political types from across the spectrum.