Obama: Losing His Grip on Youth, Says the 2012 Vote<http://reason.com/blog/2012/11/15/obama-losing-his-grip-on-youth-says-the>
Brian Doherty <http://reason.com/people/brian-doherty/all>|Nov. 15, 2012 7:35 pm Interesting info on youth vote and turnout from Generation Opportunity, "the nation’s largest social media and grassroots organization reaching out to young Americans ages 18-29" (they say about themselves--they are clearly right-wing leaning) sent out in an emailed press release today,online here<http://www.sys-con.com/node/2449887> : In 2008, then-Senator Barack Obama won 18-29 year olds by 34 points (66%-32%). This year, President Obama won 18-29 year olds by 23 points (60%-37%). The youth vote swung 11 points away from President Obama, more than twice any other age demographic.... The conventional wisdom, which was advanced and shared by numerous news outlets and grassroots organizations, including the AP, Pew, and Huffington Post, was that young people would A) decrease in turnout compared to 2008 levels, and B) vote in just as strong of a margin for President Obama in 2012 as they did 2008. Yet, young adult turnout actually *increased* (from 18% to 19%) and swung 11 points *away* from President Obama. What's it all mean for the future? I can confidently assert I don't know. Young people of America, libertarianism is an option. On Friday, November 16, 2012, Bruce Majors wrote: > > - Jobless claims surge over 439,000 in one week since Obama's > reelection <https://mail.google.com/mail/mu/mp/466/#13b07bffd929ddb3_1> > - Denny's franchise owner in Florida to add a 5% surcharge on > customer's bills to pay for ObamaCare > costs<https://mail.google.com/mail/mu/mp/466/#13b07bffd929ddb3_2> > - Kroger going Galt? Olive Garden, Longhorn Steakhouse and Red Lobster > restaurants join in by cutting employee work hours due to > ObamaCare<https://mail.google.com/mail/mu/mp/466/#13b07bffd929ddb3_3> > - No Twinkees for > You<https://mail.google.com/mail/mu/mp/466/#13b07bffd929ddb3_4> > - Post-Election News: Turns out Romney didn't get much less votes than > McCain after > all<https://mail.google.com/mail/mu/mp/466/#13b07bffd929ddb3_5> > - Secession efforts led by "Libertarians," not necessarily > conservatives as being reported by the > media<https://mail.google.com/mail/mu/mp/466/#13b07bffd929ddb3_6> > - Dondero's "Di-vorce and De-friend" all Democrats, catching on in > Alabama <https://mail.google.com/mail/mu/mp/466/#13b07bffd929ddb3_7> > - Fla. man kills self over Obama > reelection<https://mail.google.com/mail/mu/mp/466/#13b07bffd929ddb3_8> > > > On Thursday, November 15, 2012, GregfromBoston wrote: > >> And it goes down by 99.7%. Please >> >> On Thursday, November 15, 2012 6:24:35 PM UTC-5, plainolamerican wrote: >> >>> 3 % isn't plenty >>> -- >>> those are just the Americans who took the time out to sign a petition. >>> Put it to a vote and count the numbers. >>> >>> On Nov 15, 1:31 pm, GregfromBoston <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > but plenty want to >>> > ---------------------------- >>> > >>> > Point 3 % isn't plenty. Its the cupcake norm >>> >> -- >> Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. >> For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum >> >> * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ >> * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. >> * Read the latest breaking news, and more. >> > -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
