Season 1
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.
In 1828, General Andrew Jackson returns to battle John Quincy 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.
Season 2
Freshman Senator Barack Obama goes up against "maverick" Republican Senator John McCain.
In the 1980 race, President Jimmy Carter and Republican Ronald Reagan fight off fierce challenges from within, as both parties struggle to re-invent themselves.
In a country still reeling from the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, President Lyndon B. Johnson campaigns against Republican Barry Goldwater.
A former president, his anointed heir, a religious Democrat and a Socialist square off in a remarkable 1912 race for the White House.
The political establishment, personified by President Gerald Ford, goes up against the untainted idealism of relatively unknown Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter.
Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower and Democrat Adlai Stevenson were persuaded to run. But as the gloves come off, a fierce battle for hearts and minds ensues.