Photo Essays
Portrait of a Swing State, 1944: As Ohio Goes …
As President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney wind up their 2012 campaigns for the White House, it all comes down to Ohio. For the past...
LIFE on the Stump: Classic Photos From the Campaign Trail
“A national political campaign,” H.L. Mencken once observed, “is better than the best circus ever heard of, with a mass baptism and a couple of hangings thrown...
LIFE’s Best Convention Photos: The Democrats
[NOTE: With a few small but critical differences, this introduction resembles that written for another, very similar gallery on LIFE.com — namely, "LIFE's Best...
The Democrats Last Day in Iowa
The campaigns go all out in a tight race to the finish
The Political Trials of Tom Perriello
Like many Democrats this fall, the incumbent from Virginia's Fifth District faces an uphill battle for re-election
The View from the Floor of the DNC
TIME photographer Brooks Kraft provides a delegates-eye view of the Democrats celebration in Denver
Battleground Ohio
Leading up to November elections, Democrats in Ohio and beyond hope voters are angrier at Republicans than at them Photos by Danny Wilcox Frazier / Redux for...
Power Shift
When Vermont Senator Jim Jeffords became an Independent, he ignited anoisy and politically flammable transition on Capitol Hill. Wednesday,Democrats took over...
