Electionwise

Even though big donors still carry plenty of influence in presidential campaigns, an army of small online donors has helped Barack Obama raise more than any other candidate ever has at this stage in a campaign.

Over the course of an election, presidential candidates argue endlessly over the details of their proposals. But presidents don't get to dictate laws. How often do their campaign promises become policy?

No Child Left Behind was supposed to be re-authorized last year, but Congress is waiting to see who the next president will be before it does anything. What are the candidates plans for the federal education law?

Democratic leaders are fretting about the drawn-out battle between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. DNC chair Howard Dean wants the nomination settled well before the party's convention in August. Why the rush?

What would happen if -- instead of a five-month schedule of primaries and caucuses -- all the states just voted for presidential nominees on the same day?

Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John McCain are all campaigning full time. But they also have full time jobs -- as members of the U.S. Senate. Is it a problem they have been missing so many votes?