Bob Beauprez:
"In 2008, Obama inspired legions of young Americans who bought into his "Change you can believe in" campaign message. According to the Pew Research Center, voters under the age of 30 supported Obama over John McCain 66:31 – by far the largest disparity between young voters and other age groups in any presidential election since exit polling began in 1972. In addition to the critical vote totals, Obama attracted thousands of high energy campaign volunteers that brought unbridled enthusiasm to his campaign of Hope-and-Change.
Sadly, three years later, it is more like Hopeless Change that millions of young Americans face. In exchange for that 2:1 vote of confidence they gave Obama in 2008, the 18-29 year-olds are feeling the brunt of the economic stagnation – often by twice the degree of all other age groups. According to the Wall Street Journal, "The U.S. labor market is in a malaise, but young adults are in crisis."
Maybe you hadn't noticed, but the recession supposedly ended almost three years ago. According to the National Bureau of Economic Research, NBER, the economic downturn that began in December 2007, lasted 18 months and officially ended in June, 2009. NBER defines a recession is a period of falling economic activity spread across the economy, lasting more than a few months, normally visible in real GDP, real income, employment, industrial production, and wholesale-retail sales. Economists declare the end of a recession when the declining trend is reversed....." (Read more? Click title)
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May 16, 2012
SandBoxBlogs: Glenwood Springs Post Independent "Recent college grads won't vote for more ‘hope and change' "
James Kellogg:
"....The rhetoric of “hope and change” that lured youth to vote for candidate Obama was replaced by the harsh economic realities of the Obama presidency. Employment prospects for college graduates are dim. Many newly educated young people are deciding that elections are about the economy, not platitudes and promises.
One out of every two college graduates under the age of 25 is jobless or underemployed. That amounts to about 1.5 million people with bachelor's degrees. Some have moved back in with their parents. Others are scraping by on low wage jobs while sending out scores of resumes to no avail.
Those are real world facts. These kids are cynical about the president's claims that the economy is improving....." (Read more? Click title)
"Unapologetic pursuit and tracking of patterns within the news others make since 2010."
"....The rhetoric of “hope and change” that lured youth to vote for candidate Obama was replaced by the harsh economic realities of the Obama presidency. Employment prospects for college graduates are dim. Many newly educated young people are deciding that elections are about the economy, not platitudes and promises.
One out of every two college graduates under the age of 25 is jobless or underemployed. That amounts to about 1.5 million people with bachelor's degrees. Some have moved back in with their parents. Others are scraping by on low wage jobs while sending out scores of resumes to no avail.
Those are real world facts. These kids are cynical about the president's claims that the economy is improving....." (Read more? Click title)
"Unapologetic pursuit and tracking of patterns within the news others make since 2010."
May 4, 2012
SandBoxBlogs: Colorado Statesman "Campus conservatives take on Obama youth message"
Ben Conarck:
"In the 2008 election, young voters turned out in record numbers and largely carried President Obama to victory — but this year, college conservatives in Colorado are doing everything in their power to ensure the youth vote swings to the right. They say they are seeing disenfranchised students of all political stripes uniting under the Republican Party banner against the rising national deficit and Obama’s economic record, although the latest polling data suggests otherwise.
A Public Policy Polling survey from April 10 has Obama leading the presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney 72 percent to 17 percent in Colorado’s 18-29 age group, with 11 percent undecided. Public Policy Polling is a left-leaning outfit, but has been accurate throughout the 2012 primary so far..."
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"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
"In the 2008 election, young voters turned out in record numbers and largely carried President Obama to victory — but this year, college conservatives in Colorado are doing everything in their power to ensure the youth vote swings to the right. They say they are seeing disenfranchised students of all political stripes uniting under the Republican Party banner against the rising national deficit and Obama’s economic record, although the latest polling data suggests otherwise.
A Public Policy Polling survey from April 10 has Obama leading the presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney 72 percent to 17 percent in Colorado’s 18-29 age group, with 11 percent undecided. Public Policy Polling is a left-leaning outfit, but has been accurate throughout the 2012 primary so far..."
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"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
April 13, 2012
SandBoxBlogs: Town Hall "In Battle for Young Voters, Romney Should Play it Uncool"
Jonah Goldberg:
"...Obama was different. He had that cool name. He was black. He'd never done much that was important, save give some fun speeches, but that was OK; neither had most college students, and that didn't keep them from being special either. More important, they believed his promises, they liked his style, they bought his easy answers and flattering pandering.
Four years later, Obama's in trouble, which is why he's visiting college campuses more often than a Red Bull delivery truck. He's talking louder and getting more shrill, because his campaign knows how desperately it needs to replicate -- or even come close to replicating -- his success with the youth vote in 2008. Polls and countless news stories indicate that young voters are either bored, unimpressed or disappointed with Obama, and with the state of the country.
All of the exciting reasons to vote for Obama are gone. Even his accomplishments don't excite people, never mind his failures. His "Yes, we can" rhetoric is gone because it sounds stupid after four years of "No, we didn't." Now we get cynicism and fear-mongering. His attacks on the Republicans are tawdry and desperate. He even admits the "Buffett Rule" is a gimmick. Other issues like green energy are passé now, even though gas prices continue to soar. (A troubling sign for Obama: Only a third of hybrid car owners are interested in ever getting another after they get rid of the one they have.)
Obama's approval rating among 18- to 29-year-olds hovers around 50 percent (after almost a year of bad press for the GOP). But a late 2011 Harvard survey found that only 12 percent of young people felt the country was moving in the right direction. An outfit called Generation Opportunity, which is trying to organize young voters on economic issues, finds that 77 percent of young people have had to put their lives on hold because of the economy....." (Read more? Click title)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
"...Obama was different. He had that cool name. He was black. He'd never done much that was important, save give some fun speeches, but that was OK; neither had most college students, and that didn't keep them from being special either. More important, they believed his promises, they liked his style, they bought his easy answers and flattering pandering.
Four years later, Obama's in trouble, which is why he's visiting college campuses more often than a Red Bull delivery truck. He's talking louder and getting more shrill, because his campaign knows how desperately it needs to replicate -- or even come close to replicating -- his success with the youth vote in 2008. Polls and countless news stories indicate that young voters are either bored, unimpressed or disappointed with Obama, and with the state of the country.
All of the exciting reasons to vote for Obama are gone. Even his accomplishments don't excite people, never mind his failures. His "Yes, we can" rhetoric is gone because it sounds stupid after four years of "No, we didn't." Now we get cynicism and fear-mongering. His attacks on the Republicans are tawdry and desperate. He even admits the "Buffett Rule" is a gimmick. Other issues like green energy are passé now, even though gas prices continue to soar. (A troubling sign for Obama: Only a third of hybrid car owners are interested in ever getting another after they get rid of the one they have.)
Obama's approval rating among 18- to 29-year-olds hovers around 50 percent (after almost a year of bad press for the GOP). But a late 2011 Harvard survey found that only 12 percent of young people felt the country was moving in the right direction. An outfit called Generation Opportunity, which is trying to organize young voters on economic issues, finds that 77 percent of young people have had to put their lives on hold because of the economy....." (Read more? Click title)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
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