>>AP Election Coverage
Big Issue: Key issues of the election

Big Issue: More video in "Campaign 2008"
In these final weeks of the campaign, the Online Video Network is profiling these 10 individuals and hearing their views on such big issues as the economy, Iraq/Afghanistan, energy and health care.

>>AP Political Polling
AP has a long history of polling, both nationally and internationally, on a wide range of issues. The polling unit is not involved in AP's vote count.

AP Yahoo News Polls >

AP-GfK polls >

AP Poll data >


>>How AP Counts the Vote and Makes the Calls

Getting Ready for Election Night >

AP on Election Night >

Calling the Winners >

Exit Polls Information>


>>For the Record

FAQ

Frequently asked questions about AP’s 2008 election coverage >

 


>>AP Press Releases & Statements
10/16/2008 AP election night report to include live webcast

>> AP in Action

The Associated Press has been counting the vote and covering presidential elections since the cooperative was created in 1846. From the Statehouse to the White House, no other news organization covers elections on such a scope.

Meet the team

>> Meet AP's Political Reporting Team


>> AP Election Coverage through the Ages

Ever since Zachary Taylor and the Whig Party won the White House more than 150 years ago, AP reporters and photographers have been the dominant source of presidential and election news for media across the U.S. and around the world.

Elections over the Decades >
Excerpt from the chapter on elections in the recent AP history book “BREAKING NEWS: How the Associated Press Has Covered War, Peace and Everything Else”.

The American President >
Worldwide interest in U.S. presidential candidates and their campaigns is at an all-time high. The Associated Press is pleased to offer news outlets, universities and other groups a powerful multimedia package about AP’s photographic coverage of the American president.


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Updated: 11/04/2008



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