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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumDemographic Shifts in Key States Could Aid Obama in Fall
MADISON, Wis. In this traditionally Democratic state, where Republicans triumphed in Tuesdays failed recall of Gov. Scott Walker, President Obama holds a thin cushion against economic and political woes: the shape-shifting November electorate.
Here in Dane County, which Mr. Obama carried overwhelmingly in 2008, the population has been growing at more than twice the state average. Minority voters have edged up as a share of the state population, while the number of working-class whites shrinks making a state Democrats have carried in six consecutive presidential elections slightly more friendly to the party.
Thats no guarantee the Democratic incumbent can survive the effects of tough economic times with the coalition that gave him a double-digit victory four years ago. But in Wisconsin and other competitive states, demographic changes add another variable to a campaign conversation that has largely revolved around high unemployment and slow growth.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/09/us/politics/obama-may-still-have-an-ally-in-wisconsin-demographics.html?_r=1&ref=politics
This is what keeps me hopeful about the 2012 election. The changing demographics of the country are favorable to the Democrats.
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Demographic Shifts in Key States Could Aid Obama in Fall (Original Post)
Tony_FLADEM
Jun 2012
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longship
(40,416 posts)1. And it's something that Repukes can do nothing about
I think VA and NC are exemplars of these trends.
Go Dems!
msongs
(67,465 posts)2. how bout giving voters something worth voting FOR that is not republican lite? nt