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Showing Original Post only (View all)Obama is going to lose young people if he doesn't reverse at least some of his surveillance policies [View all]
"The drop in Obama's support is fueled by a dramatic 17-point decline over the past month among people under 30, who, along with black Americans, had been the most loyal part of the Obama coalition," says CNN Polling Director Keating Holland.
Six in 10 disapprove of how Obama is handling government surveillance of U.S. citizens, which is higher than the 52% who disapproved of George W. Bush on the same issue in 2006, when government surveillance was also in the headlines.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/06/17/cnn-poll-obama-approval-falls-amid-controversies/
Who is carrying around all the devices that are being used to monitor us? Which group probably is a bit riskier in their activities from sexting to recreational drug use?
If we allow this to continue it will be a legacy of the Democratic Party who expanded the collection of data beyond Dick Cheney's wildest dreams.