You need to get out more. Saturday I knocked door-to-door in a downstate IL community notoriously pro-gun. It is a close race. Our message and image are poorly presented.
Taxes, for example. Our side says “only the rich pay taxes”. The average worker looks at his pay stub deductions, looks at his property tax, his state taxes, gas tax and says “The Dems are right. The Republicans are liars”.
So high taxes is the issue for these ordinary voters and they think the Dems understand them and the Republicans are out-of-touch, which might be true.
Saturday among Blacks I talked to were #1 jobs, #2 taxes. Among whites #1 taxes, #2 jobs. Education was a distant 3rd with both groups. On taxes and jobs we are not communicating well.
Fine.....whatever blows your skirt up. And no offense, but I’m not buying your stats, either. I think the people who make this Country work, regardless of color, have had it with Obummer “up to here!”
I’m not sure how to say this without sounding racist, but I think the answers you get to your questions depends on what kind of neighborhood you ASK them in.
One thing I am confident about; that Obummer is not going to get a LARGER percentage of black votes than in 2008. And I don’t think he’ll get as large a percentage this time. Ditto with Jews, Hispanics, Women, you name the group. Just hide and watch. It’s going to be like Reagan over Carter.
Since those are all taxes imposed by the States, Congress doesn't have any say in their imposition. Seems like many folks either don't pay attention to, or understand, this distinction.