Poll: President Obama Maintains Large Lead With Young Voters

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06/22/12

President Obama is maintaining a commanding lead among young voters, leading presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney by 13 points among those aged 18-29 according to a poll released Friday.

Obama was the choice of half of young voters surveyed by the Garfield Institute for Public Leadership at Hiram College, versus just 37 percent for Romney.

But young voters are increasingly apprehensive about the economy, and split evenly when asked whether Romney or Obama was better able to create jobs in the coming months. A majority of those surveyed said Republicans were best equipped to "protect America's competitiveness in the world," and fewer said that they were optimistic about the American economy in the next year than those who generally believed that the country's economic future was bright.

Still, young voters are more likely to believe that government is better able to improve the economy than private sector businesses, by a 49-43 margin. And they remain, on the whole, optimistic - nearly six in 10 said the economy would improve in the next year, far outpacing national averages.

Young voters also believe that Democrats will do the better job of protecting Social Security, by a 50-26 percent margin.


read: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/234297-poll-obama-maintains-large-lead-with-young-voters



President Barack Obama shakes hands with university and college students after urging Congress to pass legislation that would keep federal student loan rates from doubling during an event in the East Room of the White House June 21, 2012 in Washington, DC.

[treestar]

1. So much for their alleged disillusionment

Young people these days are more practical, it seems.

[Drale]

2. I'm young and I'm kind of disillusioned but

I realize that if we let the Repukes win we are fucked for then next 100 years.

[SoutherDem]

3. This is good

Now we just have to make sure they register and VOTE!!!

[Doctor_J]

4. These are just tip-offs to the Repuke governors

so they can focus their voter roll purges.

[hrmjustin]

5. 13% isn't that closer than last time? n/t

[Baitball Blogger]

6. Hey, that may be one way to capture the Republican youth vote.

I suggest the slogan, "Those with racist parents, if you want to piss them off, vote for the black guy!"

[ProfessionalLeftist]

7. Isn't it interesting that . . .

All the voting groups whom Obama maintains a lead with are the ones the GOP is trying to disenfranchise? Or as I say, intereSTINK.

[bigtree]

8. coincidink

[Upton]

9. Thing is...according to this exit poll..

Obama won the 18-29 group by a whopping 34% in 2008. So, how can a 13% lead be considered good news?

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/polls.main/

[bigtree]

12. well, Gallup had them neck-and-neck in June of that year

http://www.gallup.com/poll/107764/gallup-daily-obama-takes-lead-over-mccain-48-42.aspx

http://www.gallup.com/poll/108376/gallup-daily-obama-mccain-tied-45.aspx

[SidDithers]

10. DU rec...nt

Sid

[Speck Tater]

11. So Obama leads among the people least likely to vote.

Call it a push.

[Tarheel_Dem]

13. And it's four years later, and more of them are eligible to vote. Let's hope they register.

[bookman]

14. The important thing is...

.... getting them to the polls.

[LiberalLovinLug]

15. Stopping the irrational, harmful, stupid, costly war on medical pot clinics

would be a good way to start

[BEAU1943]

16. YOU'RE GOING TO VOTE FOR WHO?

MY REPUBLICAN FRIENDS. LET ME GET THIS RIGHT. THE GUY ON THE LEFT YOU ARE NOT SURE HE IS A TRUE AMERICAN, BUT THE GUY ON THE FAR RIGHT IS A TRUE AMERICAN.

SOMETHING IS ROTTEN TO THE CORE HERE. DRESSAGE??????? YOU'RE GOING TO VOTE FOR WHO?

http://beauproductions.com/usworld/forum/index.php/topic,1320.#vote



http://beauproductions.com/usworld/forum/index.php/topic,1320.#vote

Click link to cast your vote. Please take time to vote. I am trying to get my totals up.

Oh, by the way, Romney does not ride the horse. He just owns it.