Recently Senator McCain has gone in depth on some foreign policy issues and analysts bored with the horse race between Hillary and Obama are beginning to give some of his positions a lot of scrutiny. It seems as good a time as ever to update our old records of McCain’s relations to the market’s defense […]

General Petraeus appeared in the Senate to be interviewed about the Iraq war recently. Here’s an excellent take on the presidential candidates and the recent happenings on Capitol Hill. We at electionstocks would like to remind you that when issues regarding defense such as the Iraq war come to the front page of the news, […]

This is a quick overview of some basic impacts that the current presidential candidates positions on not only the Iraq War but also homeland security in general could have into the homeland defense sector of the market. The defense sector is composed largely of, but not limited to, many of the companies listed in our […]

From Top of the Ticket. Mayor Bloomberg doesn’t use as much public transportation as people think he might.
The Stump sumbits Rudy still has a lot of momentum, Thompson still waiting it out.
From Real Clear Politics. Jeri Thompson is nothing like a trophy wife.
Bill Clinton has an “unparalleled political judgement” and is using it […]

TheStreet.com’s new politics blog raises an interesting question. John Fout asks which candidate might be the first to distance himself from the Iraq war. He does a nice analysis of past elections where issues of war were paramount. While there is no incumbent President or Vice President in this race, there is […]

As the 2008 election approaches, it’s clear that the candidates position on the war in Iraq will be an essential issue. A candidate who supports the war will also support a strong defense industry. A less explicit result of supporting the war will be a stronger oil industry, as occupying an oil rich country such […]

Because the site is just getting started, we figured we’d take a look at some of the poll leaders’ stances. If this turns out well, we may do a weekly post on the poll leaders, but let’s see what happens.
On the Democratic side, we have Hillary Clinton leading Barack Obama by around 10% and […]