Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) holds important advantages in the states that decided recent presidential elections, despite the strong headwind Republicans face this November.

In 14 states that SurveyUSA polled in January and February, before Romney dropped out of the race, John McCain beat Barack Obama by an average of 33 points among evangelical voters. Romney, by ...

North Carolina alone, with fifteen votes, could do it, but until recently the state was a G.O.P. bastion, and it remains Romney’s best bet. Obama defeated John McCain there narrowly in 2008, but ...

Romney faces that kind of threat only in Arizona and Montana, which have 14 electoral votes. Obama is still in a good position to win most or even all of these battlegrounds, but at the moment the ...

Interactive map: Mitt Romney scored a narrow Republican Primary victory in Ohio by winning many of the same counties that were the strength of President Obama's victory in the 2008 general election.

McCain notched just 173 electoral votes in 2008. Fast-forward to this year, and the states McCain won translate to 180, which Republican officials assume will all be in the bag for Romney.

Romney has edge in Fla., but Obama is pushing hard. By Scott Conroy. October 24, 2012 / 11:33 AM EDT ... On an electoral map that still poses challenges for Mitt Romney, ...

The Clinton-Trump Electoral Map Looks Almost Exactly Like the Obama-Romney Map. ... and almost none of the independents who voted for McCain in 2008 switched to Obama in 2012.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- John McCain and Barack Obama began the final full day of 2008 election campaigning as a study in contrasts. Obama appeared coolly confident about the outcome on Tuesday ...

What are the prospects for health reform? That depends on how flexible the new president turns out to be. Although Barack Obama was highly critical of John McCain’s health plan during the ...

Romney: McCain Would Struggle In Obama Match-Up. By Scott Conroy January 7, 2008 / 11:58 AM ...