Primaries

Iowa: 5 days to go before primary voting begins in rancorous US presidential race

Americans finally begin choosing next week among the Republican and Democratic candidates battling to be their party's 2016 presidential nominee in a series of state-by-state votes. The White House hopefuls include two highly unorthodox candidates — the politically incorrect billionaire real estate mogul Donald Trump for the Republicans, and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, a self-proclaimed democratic socialist, for the Democrats — both of whom are running strongly in polls of the first two states with nominating contests — Iowa and New Hampshire.

As Iowa caucus nears, ghosts from 1990s are back to haunt Clinton; Bernie Sanders soars

Emails going out to Hillary Clinton supporters are taking on a nervy, urgent edge. It’s about Bernie Sanders, who is creeping up on Clinton’s poll numbers at lightning speed ahead of the first primaries and caucuses that begin early February.

US Elections Explainer: Iowa and its perplexing election caucus process

On February 1, residents of Iowa will be the first Americans to cast their votes in the 2016 race for the presidential nominations of the Democratic and Republican parties.

US election race: Trump and Cruz dominate, Clinton tested as Iowa nears

Republicans Donald Trump and Ted Cruz are neck and neck down the stretch to the first vote in the US presidential nominating contest, while Hillary Clinton struggles to repel a surging Bernie Sanders, polls showed.

Primaries: Clinton, Sanders deadlocked in New Hampshire, Trump steams ahead

Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are locked neck and neck on the Democratic side, Donald Trump is crushing the field with money and bluster ahead of the first presidential nominating contests as America begins its 7 month long quest to decide 2 final candidates who will fight the 2016 US elections.

Congress likely to ditch Rahul's ambitious primaries experiment

Rahul Gandhi's primaries failed, as did the candidates selected through the process. The Congress is now likely to jettison the experiment.

How both Modi and Rahul are likely to lose their 2014 battles

RaGa may not stay relevant in politics or in his party to lead a comeback. NaMo may not get to become the super-PM he so promises to be.

Congress' primaries: Will Rahul's experiment win elections?

According to political analysts candidate selection through primaries will have little or no impact on the candidate's electoral prospects.

Congress says 'primaries' for seats will end party high command culture

AICC Communication Department Chairman Ajay Maken also downplayed the recent decision by the party to drop two constituencies represented by Kapil Sibal and Krishna Tirath.