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Every day, follow the latest developments in our programme, "White House 2008", updated weekday mornings through election day, November 4.
Watch FRANCE 24's daily show “White House 2008,” weekday mornings at 7:15 am Paris time (GMT+2). Follow our correspondents as they tour the swing states, find out what the Internet is buzzing about, and listen to Americans in Paris give their take.

Click here to see our full coverage of the American elections.

  • CAMPAIGN CHRONICLES
    Washington's sole black university dubious about 'race' argument
    At Howard University, Washington's only university for black people, the skin colour argument is dividing students. Also in this edition: why is the "Daily Show" so important in the political environment and the final race for Obama volunteers.
  • REPORT
    Halloween goes political
    Millions of families in the U.S. are celebrating Halloween this Friday. Despite the looming recession, costume sales are set to hit a record 5.7 billion dollars this year - much of that spent on buying Palin, Obama and McCain masks.
  • THE BUZZ
    The "Waassssuuuuup" comeback
    The original Budweiser "Wassuuup!!" ad from 2000 has had many spinoffs. This latest version, created by a Barack Obama supporter, has four friends wondering "wassuuppp" after eight years of Bush, and has been watched more than three million times.
  • AN AMERICAN IN PARIS
    'This election has been an enormous morale booster for me'
    Former US diplomat Harold Kaplan says this election gives him hope in his country and faith in the future, whoever the winner.

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  • REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK
    Eyeing the old Wild West
    New Mexico has flip-flopped in the past eight years, voting for Al Gore in 2000 and Bush four years later. Yet with polls suggesting it may flip again come November, the next four years may hinge on this picturesque corner of the old Wild West.
  • REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK
    At the foreclosure auction at Miami-Dade Court
    In the run-up to the US election, FRANCE 24 reporters visit battleground states to take the temperature of people living through unprecedented economic and political times. Their first stop, Florida, has suffered hugely from the subprime disaster.

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