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jtuck004

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52. I haven't the slightest interest in anything bo'reilly says, but I do know that an income
Mon Nov 12, 2012, 12:38 AM
Nov 2012

of $50K is just about median income, which gives me a huge pool, and likely full of the very voter my opponent keeps insulting.

High ed is good, but that really begins to narrow the pool. Then again, as an incumbent I don't have to work as hard for those that were predisposed to vote me. Instead I would spend my effort and $$ on the ones I can convince and who need encouragement.

There seemed to be so many mistakes on RobMe and the 'pub's part you can almost point in any direction and find one, but I did notice they relied more on commercials and social media, calls, etc. That's ok if you are upper income, but under the median income I think that strategy begins to get less useful, it would seem.

The Democrats got out the ground game, with obvious results in a lot of places.

But I notice the Tbaggers are starting to put out info in Spanish, some other stuff that indicates that they and the SuperPacs are learning, and, like the Borg, intend to assimilate or destroy anything in the vicinity.

The next election will be really interesting - in many places it might be Tbaggers against Repubs, which bodes well for Demos for at least 3 or 4 more years, I think.

But they are using this as a training exercise and re-adapting, so these fights will do nothing except get worse. Unless we burn up the earth first, maybe.

"That's why they're the losers" bhikkhu Nov 2012 #1
it just occurred to me barbtries Nov 2012 #4
Very good point! intheflow Nov 2012 #30
Great! Does anyone know where a comparable gender chart might be found? left coaster Nov 2012 #2
Note that over half of Obama voters are white... Scuba Nov 2012 #3
It always was. We need to continue to work through 2014. freshwest Nov 2012 #5
On the Key & Peele (Comedy Central) Luther, President Obama's anger translator said... Up2Late Nov 2012 #15
That was one funny sketch. hifiguy Nov 2012 #21
Your post reminded me of a story from sometime ago that still makes me smile maui902 Nov 2012 #53
Well done! Up2Late Nov 2012 #54
No one said "it's just minorities" that got President Obama re-elected. Major Hogwash Nov 2012 #29
Actually, a bunch of people are saying just that. Scuba Nov 2012 #31
And have been saying it since 2008 nxylas Nov 2012 #35
This message was self-deleted by its author fasttense Nov 2012 #32
Without a doubt, I prefer the company I'm in on the lower bar. TahitiNut Nov 2012 #6
Much better music at that bar, too! mikeytherat Nov 2012 #10
And food :) slutticus Nov 2012 #23
And interestingly, the chart sort of mimics what America has become and will continue to be maui902 Nov 2012 #11
+1 nt ProudProgressiveNow Nov 2012 #50
Obama's strip is an American Genome trailmonkee Nov 2012 #7
This graph demonstrates sally5050 Nov 2012 #8
President John2 Nov 2012 #22
Back in 04 JNelson6563 Nov 2012 #9
WOW!!!! What the hell was wrong with Rmoney's remaining 12%? Come to think of it, valerief Nov 2012 #12
Cool. Now I'm part of the 99% AND the 56% VWolf Nov 2012 #13
Great graphic. Would really like to see one like that with third bar for USA demographics. nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2012 #14
STUFF NOT BOMBS!!! STUFF NOT DRONES!!! librechik Nov 2012 #16
Now account for gender. Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2012 #17
CNN charts, includes gender breakout, but jtuck004 Nov 2012 #18
Thank you for that link. yardwork Nov 2012 #24
it would be helpful if they had been more detailed in the breakouts - in 2008, IIRC, spooky3 Nov 2012 #46
I haven't the slightest interest in anything bo'reilly says, but I do know that an income jtuck004 Nov 2012 #52
Republicans are stunned that people voted for THEIR OWN interests and TwilightGardener Nov 2012 #19
Good one, TwilightGardener. luv_mykatz Nov 2012 #25
That is gonna cause a lot of dyspepsia hifiguy Nov 2012 #20
'Us vs. them' took a big hit with the election ck4829 Nov 2012 #26
Obviously it didn't since there whistler162 Nov 2012 #27
Very true given that the "blame our problems on 'them' - minorities, women, foreigners, gays, etc.' pampango Nov 2012 #34
But, it was the hurricane's fault. It killed the Mittmentum! Major Hogwash Nov 2012 #28
I would say President Obama represents America. aandegoons Nov 2012 #33
Exactly. n/t ProSense Nov 2012 #36
I don't trust those Others. They're fence-sitters. They killed Locke. Bucky Nov 2012 #37
Karl Rove finds these numbers very suspicious. Bucky Nov 2012 #38
that voter supression stuff turned off people of color to the Repubs for DECADES probably Liberal_in_LA Nov 2012 #39
The only demographic the GOP works to attract are white men. And they only got 75% of them. baldguy Nov 2012 #40
actually, per the CNN exit poll results, they got only about 2/3 of them. spooky3 Nov 2012 #48
More that the GOP's race-based party positions are what doomed him in addition to all his jp11 Nov 2012 #41
RUN!!! THE NON-WHITES ARE COMING!!!!! CabCurious Nov 2012 #42
So.... JackInGreen Nov 2012 #43
I just got a new truck, I told my right wing neighbor I got it free for voting for Obama. OverBurn Nov 2012 #44
The GOP's Southen Strategy is to blame. McCamy Taylor Nov 2012 #45
I would really like to see the demographics broken down by region of the country. spooky3 Nov 2012 #47
Dang, Obama didn't do any better with the "others." Each got 2 %. morningfog Nov 2012 #49
The comments below the article are depressingly full of racist shit. Odin2005 Nov 2012 #51
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