Photo Gallery: Fearmongering Rife in Final Stage of Campaign - DER SPIEGEL
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To win the election, both Barack Obama and Mitt Romney will have to mobilize as many of their base voters as possible. At this stage in the race, political agendas are no longer as important
to the candidates as badmouthing their opponent. The campaign is getting ugly. Here, a cameraman watches the two candidates on screen during their final debate.
Here, singer Katy Perry sings at a campaign rally in late October.
Former President Bill Clinton is out campaigning on Obama's behalf, taking part in the badmouthing that has characterized the final stage of the campaign.
Meanwhile, Romney can now expect to get at least some of the evangelical vote, though popular pastors previously compared his Mormon faith to a cult. Ultimately, Romney is still the "lesser
of the two evils," pastor Robert Jefress said recently.