[Brugmansian]

I read somewhere that it was a “grey” vote that elected 0bama since the young vote, no matter how disproportional, was still relatively small compared to the elder vote.

They mobilized the youth vote. Axelrod had done it in MA when he ran Patrick. Obama lost the over 60 vote 47/51.

The Catholic vote also decided the issue. Obama got 54%. They are the swing vote in American politics.

Before my Catholic friends get upset let me add that, among Catholics who attend Mass one or more times a week, Obama lost in a landslide. He won because of cultural/ethnic Catholics who may not have been to Mass in decades. Pew has the religious vote here

[Perdogg]

thank you for the clarification