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Hurricane Sandy rudely interrupts American politics
With Hurricane Sandy swirling across the eastern seabord, weather has suddenly become a massive factor in the final furlongs of the US presidential race.
You can vote early, or on time. By post, by proxy, in person. An electronic ballot, a butterfly punch, an X to mark the spot. If that sounds complicated – wait till you hear how it really works.
The superstorm is receding: now the political storm clouds are back, as the fight for the White House resumes in earnest. For Obama and Romney – there’s no let up till election day.
Channel 4 News cameraman Dai Baker was in Washington to cover the US elections. Then Superstorm Sandy hit New York.
President Obama is touring the disaster zone – Mitt Romney is back to campaigning. Less than a week before the election, will the super storm, and the response, affect the vote?
It is not just the economy. From the role of government to abortion, we bring you the key issues that divide Barack Obama from Mitt Romney – as America prepares to go to the polls.
President Obama tours some of the areas worst hit by Superstorm Sandy to see the damage, meet victims, and thank emergency workers who helped tackle the disaster. Felicity Spector reports.
The worst of the storm may be over, but the recovery has only just begun. As President Obama declares a major disaster, millions on the US eastern seaboard face transport chaos and days of blackouts.
Coping with a crisis: leading a nation through tragedy. As Obama and Romney tear up their election schedules in the face of Superstorm Sandy – how could it affect their chances at the polls?
With Hurricane Sandy swirling across the eastern seabord, weather has suddenly become a massive factor in the final furlongs of the US presidential race.
President Obama this week admitted that if he gets a second term, it will be thanks to the support of Latino voters. But how influential are they – and will they turn out at the polls?
The phrase that both Mitt Romney and Barack Obama must be muttering to themselves, if they can remember it, is: “Events, dear boy, events.”
Shelters have opened and tens of thousands of people are evacuating coastal areas as big cities and small towns across the north-eastern US prepare for the arrival of Hurricane Sandy.
Warnings of catastrophic flooding and disruption hamper the US presidential campaign as Hurricane Sandy sweeps down America’s east coast.
President Obama gets an unexpected boost to his re-election campaign after US growth figures exceed expectation. Meanwhile, Romney targets a state riven by wealth inequalities.
As ad spend soars in the final two weeks of the presidential campaign, brand consultant James von Leyden looks at the tactics President Obama and Mitt Romney are using to sway undecided voters.