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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsValues, Not Demographics, Won the Election ~ JOEL BENENSON NYT
The presidents victory was a triumph of vision, not of demographics. He won because he articulated a set of values that define an America that the majority of us wish to live in: A nation that makes the investments we need to strengthen and grow the middle class. A nation with a fair tax system, and affordable and excellent education for all its citizens. A nation that believes that were most prosperous when we recognize that we are all in it together.
From the 2012 campaigns earliest days, analysts focused on historic economic and political metrics to explain the steep uphill climb Mr. Obama faced in his re-election bid: no sitting president had been re-elected with unemployment higher than 7.2 percent; or the Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index below 78 percent; or the right track rating for the country as low as it was.
Such conventional indicators failed to capture the mind-set of the American people who always had a broader view of the nations economic situation and what had happened to their lives. A national survey of 800 voters conducted by our firm not for the Obama campaign during the final weekend before Tuesdays vote, confirmed that a clear majority of Americans viewed this election in the context of the scale of the economic crisis we faced and the deep recession that ensued.
More: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/08/opinion/obama-won-on-values-not-demographics.html?ref=politics&_r=1&&pagewanted=print
freshwest
(53,661 posts)SubgeniusHasSlack
(276 posts)is reprehensible.
Benenson is spot on here.
mzmolly
(51,467 posts)indeed.
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)values they claim, yet lack. that the democrats have.
they really think they get away with a campaign of constant lying.
mzmolly
(51,467 posts)One can only hope they remain out of touch, so they keep losing elections. I may start cheering on Faux and Limbaugh!
Yes! Yes! Yes! Thank you for putting this out there. The GOP thinks that if you have the right game plan, the right strategy, the right demographics, the biggest war chest, you can win. It's all just a game, bankrupt of ideals, values, vision. It needs to be said loud and clear that Pres. Obama won because of his ideals, values and vision. We recognize that in him. He really STANDS for something. Crediting his win to "demographics" demeans his supporters and and fuels racial fear and resentment in the right wing.