US Presidential election 2012

US President Barack Obama maintains a lead over his Republican rival, Mitt Romney, in the key battleground states of Ohio and in Florida, a new public opinion poll has found.

From A to Z, the battle for the White House has been a gripping ride. Here is a lexical walk through some of the campaign's most memorable moments and characters.

President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney are crisscrossing the country with their closing arguments, often coming within miles of each other as they did on Friday. Yashwant Raj reports.

With less than a week left for elections, the Romney campaign believes it has opened up possibilities, bringing into play states it had earlier given up as too Democratic to bother.  Yashwant Raj reports. Storm handling

Election 2012 is set to be the most expensive in US history costing a whopping $6 billion with President Barack Obama and challenger Mitt Romney's campaigns alone spending $2.6 billion.

In a very close presidential election where every single vote counts, both the Obama and Romney campaigns have been making special effort to reach out to the Indian-American community.

Less than a week before the US presidential elections, political pundits are eyeing two key states, Pennsylvania and Virginia, struggling to recover in the wake of the monster storm.

President Barack Obama planned to tour superstorm Sandy's debris field Wednesday and Mitt Romney plotted a return to campaigning as the White House race stirred to life days ahead of the vote.

President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney looked to console the nation and show leadership Tuesday after a devastating storm struck days ahead of election day.

US President Barack Obama has cancelled a planned campaign trip to vital swing-state Ohio on Wednesday to stay at the White House to manage the response to superstorm Sandy, his spokesman said.

After suspending his election campaign to personally lead the administration's preparedness for superstorm Sandy pounding the East Coast, US President Barack Obama has roped in charismatic Bill Clinton to carry on the campaign on his behalf.

With one week left for the polls, Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney both have clear paths to the 270 electoral votes needed for victory — and they don’t all go through Ohio the state that both sides have long viewed as key to capturing the White House.