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2012 The Unemployed Aren't Voting for Rmoney
Posted by Charles Mudede on Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 12:18 PM
Here is a good theory. It goes like this: The economy argument may not be as powerful as Rmoney thinks it is because America is not one economy but many. The economy for middle-class white voters is not the same as the economy for blacks and brown voters. The first group is in the economy that's enjoying a recovery, the other two groups are in the economy that's still depressed. Rmoney, however, is speaking to white voters as if they are in a depressed economy, but the people who actually are, brown and black folks, he is neither addressing or winning over.
One of the ironies of the 2012 presidential campaign is that the incumbent president has benefited from strong support among many of the constituencies that have been hardest-hit by high unemployment levels, particularly black Americans and Latino Americans. This has left the Romney campaign in the position of having to win over voters who've fared relatively well since 2008.
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Currently it doesn't seem like many groups are...
If the election were held today, Obama, would apparently have a 91.6% chance of victory.
To quote our friend GDfR:
Days til election: 53
That seems like a lot of ground to make up
If the election were held today, Obama, would apparently have a 91.6% chance of victory.
To quote our friend GDfR:
Days til election: 53
That seems like a lot of ground to make up
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Mayor Bloomberg was on one of the morning shows yesterday, and his ideas on job creation and the H-1B visa cap are a lot more sophisticated than Romney and Obama.
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But they'll happily vote for Romney because now, more than ever, they fear the brown hordes "stealing" their stuff.
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If Romney had his way only wealthy employed property owners would be able to vote. So this could be his "secret plan".
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One of the ironies of 2012 is that on every anti-Romney article I see on the Slog, there's a pro-Mormon ad.
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@8 Another one is that in 2012, people still don't understand that not everyone sees the same ads on the same pages.
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Good Afternoon Charles,
I don't think this is unusal at all. What would fascinate me is if that support in minority communites translates into actual votes. My understanding is white males tend to vote more as a percentage in their demographic group. To be sure, in 08' minorities voted in droves for Obama. But, for this campaign, there simply isn't as much enthusiasm. I believe that is widely known.
I don't think this is unusal at all. What would fascinate me is if that support in minority communites translates into actual votes. My understanding is white males tend to vote more as a percentage in their demographic group. To be sure, in 08' minorities voted in droves for Obama. But, for this campaign, there simply isn't as much enthusiasm. I believe that is widely known.
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It makes a lot of sense, especially when you consider that many of them are unemployed BECAUSE of Mitt Romney.
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"The economy's depressed, not me" Altman's "Nashville" Barbara Harris
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BYyDusJY…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BYyDusJY…
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I see what you are doing with the Rmoney thing but please just spell his name right. Seeing it like that constantly just makes me feel dyslexic and gives me a head ache.
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