If you’ve been following the election, you’ve probably already heard that McCain has clinched the GOP nomination. On the other hand, Hillary has won some key nominations and is fighting Obama tooth and nail. Obama believes that he has clinched the nomination, but that doesn’t stop him from being attacked on two sides.
With those big […]

Is Barack Obama mimicking Matt Santos,(click to watch the clip) handsome, idealistic, minority candidate? No. The other way around. Four years ago, the West Wing writers consulted with David Axelrod, who was handling the Senate campaign of up and coming Barack Obama.
Santos was competing against politically savvy VP, Bob Russell. […]

Who would’ve guessed that FDA regulation would be good for major tobacco companies? According to Dan Clifton of Strategas in this CNBC video (CNBC+ required) from the day of the Iowa Caucus, that may be the case.
In case you cannot view the video, the main idea is that under a Democratic administration, the FDA would […]

At Election Stocks our mission is to observe and describe what is happening. We wish to show how various election outcomes might affect the stock and bond markets, with an emphasis on individual issues.
While everyone writing at our site has a personal viewpoint, we try not to reveal that in our work. What […]

Campaign watchers keep an eye on donations from those with corporate affiliations. Many feel that this provides insight into which businesses expect to benefit from a given election outcome.
In this same vein, it is interesting to note the contributions of people from certain professions. TheScientist.com recently reported that James Watson, the noted biologist, […]

It’s not Chicago, but it does have that vote early, vote often feel to us Midwesterners far from the heart of Texas.
A Texas voter needs to vote in the primary to allocate 126 of the delegates. Texas has 31 state Senate districts, and delegates are distributed according to a formula based on […]

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 […]

Ohio has decided elections before, but this is a first at deciding the nomination. It has 91 pledged delegates proportional to each congressional district (also 70 “Super Delegates”). Some districts are “more equal” than others.
The Chicago Tribune political blog, The Swamp, has the skinny.
* The most delegate-heavy district in the state […]

Twenty years ago, the accusation of plagiarism against Joe Biden drove him from the Presidential race. This happened even though he credited the source in every speech but one — the one that was videotaped by the Dukakis campaign. It was treated as a big deal.
How does this translate to 2008? Making […]

The anti-Clinton movie we described here has become the central issue in a court case. Conservative activists want to run ads for the movie during the primary campaign season.
Citizens United is challenging the nation’s campaign finance laws, which require disclaimers on political advertisements and restrict when they can be broadcast. The group argues that […]