What 47% is Romney talking about, people who vote democrat?
Obama easily won the $200,000 income and above, by a 52 to 46 margin!
Obama lost the $50,000-$75,000 income group by a single point!
Obama won the $75,000 to $100,000 income group by a solid 51 to 48 margin.
Obama lost hugely from those 65 and older all of them collecting SS, and tons of them not owing taxes. They were the ONLY age group that voted against Obama.
There is no neat little package of 47% of Americans for a President to write off because they don’t vote for him.
He’ll lose the 65+ers again!!
Exactly. The basic problem with Romney’s statement is that it was broad verging on outright incorrect. White Christians outside of the Northeast vote majority Republican far down into the net tax-recipient income range. Asian and Jews pay tend to pay high taxes and overwhelmingly vote Democrat anyway. It was true only with respect to the minority position in a demographic: find a white Christian in Texas who votes Democrat, and it’s very likely he’s lower income. Find a Jew or African American who votes Republican, he’s likely to be well off.