Over the past 10 days, as I have asked people whether they think that their votes will actually make any difference to the issues that are important to them, I have found few who truly believe that anyone will actually listen to what they say once they've said it.

His sentencing was too late for the polls, but convenient for the Republicans' final push, writes Gary Younge.

Predicting the outcome of US elections is notoriously difficult, but things appear to be moving in the Democrats' favour, says Gary Younge in Denver.

Gary Younge on the John Kerry gaffe.