Posted on 06/18/2013 1:21:52 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Barack Obama’s job approval rating is down to 45 percent in the lastest CNN/ORC poll, conducted June 11-13, with 54 percent disapproval. The approval number is down from 53 percent in CNN/ORC’s May 17-18 poll. Most interesting result: Obama is getting only 48-percent approval from those age 18 to 34, only 3 percent above his national average.
By way of comparison, Obama’s 66 percent of the vote among 18-29s in November 2008 was 13 percent above his 53-percent nationwide percentage, and his 60 percent of the vote among 18-29s in November 2012 was 9 percent above his 51-percent nationwide percentage. Yes, the two age groups aren’t quite commensurate, but the numbers still suggest that the gap between young voters and their elders is shrinking. In 2008, it was the widest we have seen in any presidential general election since 1972 — and we don’t have any exit-poll data before then. In the latest CNN/ORC poll, it was down near the level of statistical insignificance.
Why is Obamamania disappearing among the young? One reason: Only 40 percent approve his performance on the economy, slightly less than the 42 percent among all respondents. Many conservatives have been wondering when the economic woes of young Americans — the high rate of joblessness, crushing student loan debt for worthless degrees or no degree — would sour them on Obama. If the CNN/ORC poll is right, the time is now.
Important caveat: this is just one poll. It could be wrong or misleading. Even so, it’s interesting. Some analyst’s have been extrapolating Obama’s 66-percent number in 2008 far out into the future, suggesting we will become an overwhelmingly Democratic country. These numbers suggest that may not be so.
“Why is Obamamania disappearing among the young?”
Probably because some of them are getting older and wiser. But dont worry, there will be a whole new upcoming generation of young, new idiots to take up the slack.
The Prisoners in the Gulags cried when Stalin died.
Next question...
Such an action could be very dangerous because the person could receive jail time like the brave Snowden will probably receive jail time.
But the young person at Occidental and Columbia who can secretly get his hands on Obama's records will go down as a hero in the history of the United States.
I am not interested in whether Obama got an A or D in freshman English.
I want to know how he paid for his college education, when he did not have a job from the time he enrolled in Occidental until he graduated from Columbia 4 years later.
So I plead with brave young students and alumni at Occidental in California or at Columbia: Please be brave like Snowden and help your country by getting us copies of Obama's college records. Please.
The upcoming generation of new idiots will want somebody new and fresh for idol worship. Like I said, Barry is SOOOOO 2008.
On the one hand, after feasting on public trove for > 8 years, I can't see the Mrs will be content to be the ex-first lady for the rest of her life. (a la Hillary)
On the other, if she seeks public office, that would entail her actually working towards getting herself elected and vote/make decisions. Don't see that either.
How else can they continue their con-artist game? But I wouldn't worry about the Obamas. There will always be a new crop of young fools (i.e., useful idiots) coming along.
He was reelected to a position with a term limit of two.
I am reasonably certain he does not care much about his party.
He cares about one thing and one thing only: Barack Hussein Obama.
Could help us in the 2014 election.
What do voters matter to him? He’ll never need them again.
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Precisely.
Doesn’t matter. The Marxists do not need elections anymore.
Not holding your breath on that one, I trust, Bunky.
Besides publicly showing your ignorance of young people, what else you got in your clown car?
[rimshot!]
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