Gallery: Bizarre Double Exposures Perfectly Capture Election Chaos
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Jeb Bush speaks at a town-hall style meeting at the McKelvie Intermediate School in Bedford, New Hampshire.
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Hillary Clinton speaks at the New Hampshire Democratic Party McIntyre-Shaheen 100 Club dinner.
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Rand Paul holds a custom-made rifle at a gun show in Concord, New Hampshire during a campaign stop.
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Donald Trump speaks to crowd at his private Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida after winning the state’s Republican primary.
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Marco Rubio spends a day campaigning in his home state of Florida.
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Bernie Sanders campaigns in the South Bronx just a week ahead of the New York primary. People climb a fence in order to get a better view of the Democratic candidate.
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Donald Trump takes a pause ahead of a large rally in Milton, New Hampshire just days ahead of the New Hampshire primary.
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Ted Cruz picks up his daughter as they go on stage in South Carolina. Carly Fiorina campaigns at a private home in New Hampshire just a week before the New Hampshire primary.
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Donald Trump speaks to crowd at his private Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida after winning the state’s Republican primary. A woman is baptized in a river by Reverend Bob from the Daytona Beach Drive-in Church, Florida.
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Marco Rubio does the rounds of town halls and courting supporters in New Hampshire. Donald Trump’s pointing hand during a rally in Milton, New Hampshire.
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Donald Trump speaks to crowd at his private Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida after winning the state’s Republican primary.
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Staffers and security watch over Donald Trump during a press conference before a rally in Milton, New Hampshire.
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Marco Rubio campaigns in West Palm Beach, Florida.
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A man walks through a snowstorm outside the New Hampshire Democratic Party McIntyre-Shaheen 100 Club.
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