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US election – a view from the Romney campEuronews’ European Affairs Correspondent, Paul Hackett, travelled across the US and covered election night in Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney’s… 09/11/2012
Barack Obama and Mitt Romney immortalised as nativity dolls – nocomment A Naples craftsman has created a nativity figurine of Barack Obama – complete with a crown – while his Republican opponent Mitt Romney has been modelled with… 09/11/2012
“Obama burger” Vs “Romney omelette” – nocomment As US voters headed to the ballot box in the much-anticipated presidential election, an American-themed restaurant in Paris was holding a poll of its own on… 07/11/2012
Romney concedes defeat as Obama sails to second termRomney concedes defeat as Obama passes 270 votes needed for victory Democrats keep control of Senate Republicans retain control of House of… 06/11/2012
Social influences on US vote A huge group of voters in the United States has been waking up – at least 20 million people who know how important they are in deciding who becomes president… 06/11/2012
The humour of the US election campaign No one can say the Americans are easy to convince. The candidates to occupy the White House for the next four years have spent 17 months campaigning to… 06/11/2012
Midnight voting marks the starts of the US presidential electionThe 10 registered voters in the small village of Dixville Notch, New Hampshire cast the first election day ballots of the 2012 US presidential election… 06/11/2012
Early voters angered by limited access to ballot Early voters in Florida’s Miami-Dade County are angry. The state’s Republican-led legislature has cut the number of early voting days by half, leading to… 06/11/2012
USA-EU relations in holding pattern One of the areas in which the American voters’ choice of president is not expected to make much difference is the United States’ relationship with… 05/11/2012
Decision time for US voters The last day of campaigning by the US presidential candidates took them to different states where neither has enough of an advantage. They were hoping to… 05/11/2012
Obama gets election thumbs up from Europeans Obama or Romney? If Europeans could vote, Barack Obama would be re-elected with an overwhelming majority. That’s the outcome of an opinion poll conducted… 05/11/2012
Presidential bullfight in Kenya – nocomment A politically-themed bullfight has been organised in Kenya. The bulls nicknamed Obama and Romney locked horns until Obama finally won. 04/11/2012
Jobs worry many US voters As industries drive America, the fanbelt of the US presidential election is the economy. So how will the Midwest state of Ohio vote? Ohioans build a lot of… 02/11/2012
US economy grim for many but not all Most analysts agree that this November 6 election is mostly centred on economic concerns. We spoke to analyst Ian Bremmer, president of the Eurasia Group, a… 02/11/2012
States don’t mean a thing if they ain’t got that swingSwing states, also named battleground states or purple states, are US states whose electoral votes are hotly contested between presidential candidates… 02/11/2012
US presidential election: What if its a draw?Neither Obama nor Mitt Romney has been able to claim a majority. Honors even, 269 Electoral College votes to 269. What next? Euronews has the answer. The… 01/11/2012
Who is the real Mitt Romney? What are we to make of Mitt Romney, the man who could very well beat Obama to the White House? We put that question to Charles Kupchan, Professor of… 01/11/2012
Mitt Romney: The Comeback Kid Mitt Romney was a surprise package in the US presidential race. The Republican traditional conservative base found him not conservative enough. His… 01/11/2012
USA election: other candidatesWith the US election dominated by the Democrat and Republican parties, in the political arena as well as in the media, it is easy to forget that other… 31/10/2012
US ‘still dominates’ – Amanpour Against the background of the global economic crisis, domestic issues have trumped foreign policy in the run-up to the US election. To discuss the major… 30/10/2012
US Election: A complicated game There are now less than two weeks left before the USA and the world find out if there is to be a new tenant at the White House. This decision will… 25/10/2012
Obama and Romney differences slight over foreign policy America tuned in last night for the last of three televised debates between the candidates for the US presidential election in two weeks time. They… 23/10/2012
Obama and Romney joke at charity dinner – nocomment Barack Obama and Mitt Romney poked gentle but sharp fun at themselves and each other for a charitable cause on October 18. It took place at the annual Alfred… 19/10/2012
Obama vs Romney round 2! – nocomment 18/10/2012
Romney widely applauded for debate Most people are saying Mitt Romney is still in the game. That comes after the first televised debate between him and the incumbent Barack Obama in the … 04/10/2012
Obama and Romney went head-to-head in the first presidential debate in DenverUnited States President Barack Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney share a laugh at the end of the first presidential debate in Denver… 04/10/2012
How to succeed in US presidential race debates Running for president in 1960, tanned, relaxed and made up for the lights and camera, John Fitzgerald Kennedy aced the first televised debate. His opponent… 01/10/2012
American Woman! Vote for Me! Winning women’s votes in the US presidential election will be one of the keys to victory. Workers, students, the young, the elderly, parents or not, married… 01/10/2012
USA: Where is Mitt Romney?Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney looks out from the stage at a campaign rally in Jacksonville, Florida… 02/09/2012
Obama’s ‘second Convention advantage’ The US Republican Party has wound up its National Convention confirming Mitt Romney as its candidate to run against the incumbent Barack Obama in this… 31/08/2012
Ryan sounds good to Republicans The big speech by Mitt Romney’s vice-presidential running mate, 42-year-old Paul Ryan, went over well at the Republican National Convention, notably with the… 30/08/2012
Ann Romney, Mitt and love Ann Romney joined the Republican National Convention to rapturous applause. The chosen candidates’ wives are customarily considered to be key companions for… 29/08/2012
Republican mission for America The delegates at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida, wasted little time in voting Mitt Romney the party’s official candidate to run against… 29/08/2012
Activist faces state troopers in Tampa, FloridaAn activist lies in front of a police-line during a protest on the streets outside the Republican National Convention in Florida. Republicans have cut their… 28/08/2012
US Republicans’ serious funding to unseat Obama With the opening of Convention Season in the United States, the hunt for votes is reaching new heights. The Republican Convention in Tampa, Florida is pitched… 27/08/2012
Romney looks to Convention for bounce Mitt Romney on Monday will be the star of the United States of America’s Republican Party National Convention. The four-day political jamboree will see him… 24/08/2012
Embattled Romney hopes for boost from TampaFor Mitt Romney, this year’s hot summer continues to be a hard time. Just days before the Republican Convention in Tampa, the presumptive nominee remains on… 22/08/2012
Speculation over Romney’s running mate intensifiesWhen it comes to Mitt Romney’s potential vice presidential running mate, late night TV comedians have offered their own solution. Romney should pick somebody… 20/07/2012
Santorum out, Romney up Staunch conservative Republican Rick Santorum has quit the race to be his party’s nominee to run against the incumbent Barack Obama for the US presidency in… 11/04/2012
Super Tuesday galvanises candidates Super Tuesday is behind them but the US race for the Republican presidential nomination remains full of suspense, as each key candidate is still determined to… 07/03/2012
The Republicans who want to be presidentNewt Gingrich 68 years Former Speaker of the House of Representatives Roman Catholic This thrice-married 68-year-old started the impeachment drive… 28/02/2012
Romney’s kiss of victoryU.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney kisses his wife Ann at his Nevada caucus night rally in Las Vegas, Nevada, February 4, 2012. REUTERS/Rick… 05/02/2012
Gingrich’s chance of catching up to Romney ‘very slim’ To analyse the Florida primary, euronews spoke with Jeffry Frieden, political economist and professor of government at Harvard University. Stefan Grobe… 02/02/2012
Romney’s Florida flush empowers him further With his crushing success in Florida voting, Mitt Romney appears to have delivered his Republican rival Newt Gingrich a serious setback. Romney’s advantage… 01/02/2012
Florida hot to vote Political commentator Cokie Roberts spoke to euronews on the context of Tuesday’s Republican Party primary vote in Florida. Adrian Lancashire, euronews… 31/01/2012
Florida Republicans decide on candidates’ destinies Florida is a crucial test for the Republican candidates who want to run for the US presidency. After Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, it is the fourth… 31/01/2012
Romney and Obama do lunchThree weeks after his electoral defeat, Mitt Romney has finally made it to the White House. The vanquished Republican challenger met President Barack Obama… 30/11/2012
Fiscal cliff leads the post-election agenda in the USIn Washington DC, there is a sigh of relief that the elections are now over but also a concern over what will happen now. President Obama has vowed to hit the… 08/11/2012
Avoiding the fiscal cliff in the USFinding a way of avoidingfalling off the fiscal cliff is themain priority for Obama. Politicians have less than two months to find a way of dealing with the… 08/11/2012
Romney calls for political unityAlthough Mitt Romney remains tight-lipped about his future, many predict he is preparing for the political wilderness. He gave noclue as to his long-term… 07/11/2012
Romney supporters reflect on election lossThere were tears and a gloomy atmosphere as Republican supporters left the convention centre in Boston on Tuesday night following Romney’s concession… 07/11/2012
Romney’s last bow strong on principlesMultimillionaire Mormon Mitt Romney conceded defeat to Obama his pride intact. The Republican had taken Obama to the wire. In a convention centre in Boston… 07/11/2012
How the US election voting stacks upUS President Barack Obama has won a second four-year term in the White House. Obama needed 270 electoral votes to regain the presidency. So far he’s won 303… 07/11/2012
Sporadic voting problems reportedElection observers have reported sporadic problems around the country – like a machine in Pennysylvania filmed registering a vote for Romney despite the Obama… 07/11/2012
Too many voters leads to creative thinkingIn some places in the US, there were too many voters and not enough places to vote. In San Francisco they chose an unusual but politically appropriate site… 07/11/2012
Obama re-elected as US presidentIt was billed as the ‘closest-ever’ election, but in the end Barack Obama was able to win even before counting was completed in some key states. Obama was… 07/11/2012
No White House for RomneyMitt Romney gave it his best campaigning for the presidency. It just wasn’t enough. The Republican hopeful launched his bid in December last year, first to… 07/11/2012
Obama’s double winBarack Obama re-elected, with this second term extended his historic feat of 2008, as America’s first mixed race president. He was born in Hawaii, of a… 07/11/2012
Obama thanks Romney for ‘spirited campaign’After a campaign that has lasted for months, people across the United States are voting to choose their new president. Barack Obama is spending the day in… 06/11/2012
American diner in Paris ‘calls it for Obama’Parisians have been given some food for thought after having their say on the US election on Tuesday. An American diner in Paris held its own – albeit… 06/11/2012
Sandy victims scramble to cast their votesAmericans affected by the recent Hurricane Sandy scrambled on Wednesday to cast their votes across the country’s east coast. Officials in New York and New… 06/11/2012
The US elections through European eyes…on euronewsIn just a few hours we will find out who is elected to be President of the United States of America for the next four years and euronews will guide you… 06/11/2012
US election tension: Obama and Romney battle for crucial supporter turnoutAs Americans head to the voting booths, campaign teams for both candidates have been furiously working the phones to urge supporters to cast their… 06/11/2012
US election: Excitement builds in Obama’s adopted hometownPresident Obama’s adopted hometown of Chicago overwhelmingly voted for him in 2008 and is likely to do so again in Tuesday’s election. Obama was active as a… 06/11/2012
USA holds its breath as Americans go to the pollsThe two main candidates running in the US presidential election have made last minute visits to the key battleground states as voters go to the… 06/11/2012
Obama and Romney neck-and-neck on last dayHearing that he had a convincing lead in the polls on the final day of campaigning would be music to the ears of Barack Obama. But the US President remains… 06/11/2012
Voting against the odds in storm-stricken USOn the storm-stricken eastern seaboard, officials have scrambled to find alternative sites for voting. In New Jersey, offices opened over the weekend for… 06/11/2012
Iranians ‘back Obama’ over ‘unpopular’ RomneyFew places around the world are likely to be more directly affected by the outcome of the US election than Iran. Under Obama the US has cranked up its own… 05/11/2012
Close call prompts Romney to change tacticsThe closest US presidential campaign in recent memory is entering the final stages. Rather than staying in New Hampshire on polling day as planned, Mitt… 05/11/2012
Experts weigh-up storm effect on US pollAs the huge clean-up after superstorm Sandy continues many people are speculating as to what the effect might be on Tuesday’s US presidential election. In the… 05/11/2012
US election: campaign set for a fight to the finishThe US presidential election enters its final frenzied day of campaigning on Monday and the vote is still all to play for. Practically every poll suggests… 05/11/2012
Obama 4 Romney 4… states visited in a dayIt’s Sunday, so it must be New Hampshire… and then Florida, Ohio and Colorado. Four states in one day for Barack Obama: par for the course for a presidential… 04/11/2012
“Twitter bomb” fears cast shadow over US election raceWith the US presidential election race too close to call, there are fears that social media might be misused in the hope of tipping the balance in a key state… 04/11/2012
It’s Saturday afternoon it must be Iowa!Whirlwind campaigning has continued by both US presidential candidates on the final weekend before election day. Between them the rivals addressed rallies… 04/11/2012
White House rivals poke fun in final election sprintThe US presidential race is into the final bend of the track, and the two rivals have been cramming in as many marginal states as possible over the… 03/11/2012
Europe ‘less important’ for US presidentsWhat will the outcome of the US presidential race mean for Europe? During Barack Obama’s tenure in the White House the economic crisis ensured that he… 03/11/2012
Millions of Americans vote early in presidential pollEarly voters could account for 40 per cent of all ballots cast in the 2012 US presidential election. So far as many as 22 million Americans have already made… 03/11/2012
Obama and Romney fight for crucial OhioRepublican presidential challenger Mitt Romney is continuing to promote himself as a force for change as he engages in a frenetic last minute push to win over… 03/11/2012
White House candidates focus on swing statesThe US President Barack Obama used the crucial swing state of Ohio as a launchpad for the latest campaign attack on his White House opponent Mitt Romney. He… 02/11/2012
Sandy hands surge to Obama as Republicans praise presidentThe devastation visited on the New Jersey shoreline by superstorm Sandy may well have far reaching repercussions for Republican presidential candidate Mitt… 02/11/2012
Obama and Romney go back on the attackIt is business as usual for both presidential candidates as Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama use the last few days to try and shore up their support… 02/11/2012
Obama and Romney volunteers in last minute dash for vital votesIt may be the era of the internet and expensive television adverts but you can’t beat time honoured door-to-door canvassing for those vital votes. With the… 02/11/2012
Obama and Romney focus on swing-statesThe US presidential candidates picked up where they left off on the campaign trail after a short break to deal with the impact of storm Sandy. There was a… 01/11/2012
Obama vows to help Sandy victimsUS President Barack Obama has told storm-hit New Jersey that his administration “will not quit” until the damage from Sandy has been cleaned up. Obama… 01/11/2012
Campaigning resumes in the wake of SandyWith less than a week to go before Election Day, President Barack Obama and hopeful Mitt Romney face one of the trickiest tasks in politics; campaigning in… 01/11/2012
Romney restarts his campaign in FloridaAppearing on the stump in Florida, US presidential hopeful Mitt Romney held back from his usual slew of attacks on Barack Obama. He staged a show of strength… 01/11/2012
US election campaign sidetracked by storm SandyDespite the election being less than a week away, storm Sandy has blown the US presidential campaign off course. President Barack Obama cancelled his travel… 30/10/2012
Obama and Romney campaign for that vital undecided voteDespite the growing menace from a massive storm bearing down on the US east coast, both presidential candidates are continuing to campaign vigorously in the… 28/10/2012
Surge in early voting set to favour ObamaA surge in early voting has upped the momentum in President Barack Obama’s campaign. Opinion polls show he has a lead of 54 percent over Romney’s 39 percent… 27/10/2012
US Campaign: the cost of becoming PresidentThe US presidential campaign is set to be the most expensive in history. Both candidates are on their way to raising a billion dollars (over 773 million… 26/10/2012
Halloween poll puts Obama aheadThe real race between Romney and Obama may be chillingly close to call but if sales of Halloween horror masks are anything to go by then Obama will retain the… 26/10/2012
Romney goes all out for OhioClinch Ohio and the US presidency is won – with election statistics showing that could well be the case Republican challenger Mitt Romney targeted the state… 26/10/2012
Romney closes gap with female votersRecent polls show the race for the US presidency is still neck and neck, but Romney has closed the gap when it comes to female voters. Romney – campaigning… 25/10/2012
White House candidates get in the swing of itTwo weeks ahead of the US election, the presidential candidates are continuing their whirlwind tour of nine potentially decisive swing states. Republican… 25/10/2012
Obama and Romney in final push for votesA sprightly Barack Obama bounded on to the stage before thousands of supporters at an event in Florida, kicking off the final two weeks of campaigning before… 24/10/2012
Final debate settles nothing in Obama/Romney raceAmericans do not really care about foreign affairs, and this election campaign has been all about the economy in any case, so no-one was expecting any… 23/10/2012
US Debate: Viewers give post-fight opinionsBefore the two candidates went toe-to-toe in the debate, they were neck-and-neck in the US presidential race and both knew there was all to play for. On … 23/10/2012
Feisty Florida debate focuses on foreign policyThe critics had labelled it “Fight Night”, and while the third and final debate in the US presidential election campaign was certainly feisty, there were no… 23/10/2012
US Election: Third presidential debateThe crucial swing state of Florida will be the battleground for the third and final US presidential debate. Commentators generally agree that Republican… 22/10/2012
US presidential candidates prepare for final showdownThe crucial swing-state of Florida will be the battleground for the third and final US Presidential debate, which will focus on foreign policy. As the… 22/10/2012
