Race for the White House

Young and inexperienced, John F. Kennedy battles across America to win his party's nomination and redefines how image could win the White House.

The journey from prairie lawyer to president might seem impossible, but Lincoln's ruthless tactics to win his party's nomination gave him the chance.

Vice President George H.W. Bush fights off the scandal of Iran Contra while also attacking Democrat Michael Dukakis in a series of TV ads.

An unpopular Harry Truman travels across America by train in a race against time to win the White House and beat his opponent, Thomas Dewey.

General Andrew Jackson believed he lost the election of 1824 to John Quincy Adams through political trickery. In 1828 he returns to battle Adams again in a campaign that would be notorious for its vicious personal attacks.

Bill Clinton is at rock bottom of the polls when he and his team begin one of the most effective political comebacks in US presidential campaign history.