PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 2012

Editorials and commentary on the presidential race.

Asian Americans turn Democratic

As the dust settles on the presidential election, there seems to be a new theory daily as to why Mitt Romney lost and what it signals for...

Readers' gift to Romney: Here's why you lost

Kinsley: The great election-night scam

McManus: Reshuffling Obama's Cabinet

Goldberg: The right isn't waving a white flag

Does Obama really care about voters?

McManus: Wielding wedge issues

The election prediction game: The winners and the losers

I was a foot soldier for Obama

Political spending works, except when it doesn't

3 'rules' the Obama campaign broke to win

Karl Rove can't handle the truth

Daum: Obama and the single girl

Election score card: Tuesday's winners and losers

McManus: Obama's second act"> McManus: Obama's second act

The gender gap and the GOP's future

Note to the Obamas: Consider a first cat

The presidential campaign, through the prism of polls

Goldberg: Nate Silver's numbers racket

McManus: The likely winner -- gridlock

McManus: Ohio's deluge of spin

McManus: The Ohio presidential equation

McManus: A kinder, gentler Romney

Goldberg: A vote for election day

The Issues

The middle class: For Romney, the election hinges on the middle class"> The middle class: For Romney, the election hinges on the middle class	Healthcare: Obama's victory is now his challenge"> Healthcare: Obama's victory is now his challenge
Contraception: Birth control agitprop"> Contraception: Birth control agitprop	War: Why aren't Obama and Romney talking about it?"> War: Why aren't Obama and Romney talking about it?
Defense spending: Romney's arithmetic problem"> Defense spending: Romney's arithmetic problem	Gas prices: Obama's pump debacle"> Gas prices: Obama's pump debacle
Tax reform: The bottom line on taxes"> Tax reform: The bottom line on taxes	Religion: Romney's Mormon religion is now a non-issue"> Religion: Romney's Mormon religion is now a non-issue

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Endorsement »

Obama for president | The Times' Nov. 6 endorsements

McManus: Who wins a tied debate?

Goldberg: Red, blue and faithful

McManus: What the undecided voters want

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Goldberg: Forward to what, Democrats?

After Romney's birth certificate joke, Dems play the race card

Goldberg: What's behind hatred of Obama?

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Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, Todd Akin: Going for distance

Ridiculous Republican rhetoric undermines Benghazi probe

Will voters still love Chris Christie when he's not so fat?

Campaign Ads »

Ohio's deluge of spin | Watch the best and worst commercials

Attack ad politics

Campaign ads -- an American art form

In politics, accentuate the negative

Even for an attack ad, 'Understands' goes too far

Watch the ads: Best and worst from the election season | More videos compiled by Doyle McManus

Super PAC spending »

Independent political organizations known as "super PACs" are the wild cards in this year's election, the product of a series of court rulings, including the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision in January 2010. A total of 38 super PACs have spent $58.7 million -- 56% of which has been spent opposing candidates. Here's a look at the spending to date, in support and in opposition, according to reports filed with the Federal Elections Commission.

Presidential campaign contributions, by state »

President Obama has far outstripped his Republican challengers in the competition for dollars so far this year, with the vast majority of donations to his reelection effort coming from California and New York. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney leads the GOP pack in fundraising. Continue on for a state-by-state breakdown of total campaign contributions to each candidate so far.

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PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 2012

Editorials and commentary on the presidential race.

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Michael Kinsley