GOP takes all
After their dismal showing this year, congressional Democrats face a difficult future.

Bush mobilizes base
Demographic groups exhibited familiar voting patterns.

Stem cell research
California is on the cutting edge of politics and science–and getting deeper in debt.

Pundits practice prudence
The networks were largely restrained on election night.

U.S.News Bulletin
White House plans post-campaign public relations offensive.

The 51 percent nation
The results cannot be dismissed as an accident. We are now a Republican majority, as, once again in America, love has proved stronger than hate.

Archive of Michael Barone's columns

Divided we govern?
Why is it that politicians are always the most gracious when they lose?

Archive of Gloria Borger's columns

Second act
A campaign that started out about jobs was determined on values.

Archive of Roger Simon's columns

The GOP takes it all
Democrats bet the House . . . and lose everything

Archive of Terence Samuel's columns

The final hours
U.S. News photographers shadow one of the longest presidential campaigns in history.

On the road
Travel with John Kerry on the campaign trail and see the reaction of voters across America.

Letter to the Editor
U.S. News readers share their views on the contentious campaign.

11/1/04
War, peace and politics: Why this campaign matters more than almost any other
Voters agree on the high stakes, but who's better equipped to keep the country safe from harm?

11/1/04
Facts on the ground war
In key battleground states, a furious push to get every last voter to the polls

11/1/04
A high-energy argument
Bush and Kerry both want less dependence on foreign oil–but how?

10/25/04
Angry in America
This election is rubbing some folks raw. . .but maybe that's not all bad for democracy.

10/25/04
How deep the divide?
Scholars and pundits don't agree on the meaning of red and blue–or whether the nation is deeply split.

10/18/04
Best out of three
After Round 2, a tight race tightens still further, and now it's either man's to lose.

10/18/04
The war for your wallet
Bush and Kerry get ready to rumble over the health of the economy.

10/4/04
The great Iraq debate
Two men, two views. They finally get to go head to head.

10/4/04
Acting, with no second takes
Bush and Kerry get set to make their marks in a grand tradition of high-stakes drama.