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Obamas base crumbles: Youths, Latinos slip away Heading into the last hectic weekend of the 2014 midterm election campaign, a couple of revealing findings stick out that are ominous for Democrats: Young Hope & Change voters, who formed the core of Barack Obamas 2008 victory, have drifted away from their guy. In other words, they are growing up. Second, Latinos, another leg on the aging Obama support stool, are flaking off too. Besides his vigorous fundraising efforts, the Democrat president has spent much of his campaign effort this year working on his partys election day turnout, historically a flaccid factor in liberal midterm balloting. But that may not help much because the base hes trying to turn out has changed. Conservatives, on the other hand, have a traditional stake in turning out. This time its especially driven by opposition to Obama policies and pushing GOP candidates to control six more seats to control the Senate, stall Obamas remaining liberal agenda and and help Harry Reid find his way to Sunny Acres. Among the youths surveyed by Harvards Institute of Politics, a majority voted for Obama in 2012 and 64% said theres at least a 50-50 chance of their voting next Tuesday. But 43% consider the country headed in the wrong direction. They disapprove of everybodys job performance in Washington: Obama (53%), Democrats in Congress (60%) and Republicans there (72%). They disapprove of Obamas job on the economy (60%), ObamaCare (57%), the deficit (65%), foreign policy (60%) and immigration (61%). But -- and heres the key -- youths who voted in 2008 went for Obama by 34 points and 23 points in 2012. Even in 2010, a really bad year for Obamas party, youths supported Democrats 55%-43%. This time, however, that same cohort will be voting for a GOP-controlled Congress 51%-47%. As for Latinos, an increasingly important sector of the electorate, the new ABC News-Washington Post Poll shows they are just fine with Republicans taking control of both houses on Capitol Hill. Fifty percent say it doesnt matter which party controls Congress. Worse for Obama, now out on his longest campaign swing of the cycle, 30% say it would be a good thing if Republicans win control of the Senate. Thats twice the size of those who say bad thing. Bueno. news.investors/politics-andrew-malcolm/103014-724156-obama-2014-midterm-election-polls.htm?ven=rss&utm_content=buffer35208&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=buffer
Posted on: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 22:58:17 +0000

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