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applegrove

(118,723 posts)
Thu Oct 11, 2012, 08:07 PM Oct 2012

"How Ohio Could Swing the Election" by Liz Halloran at NPR

How Ohio Could Swing the Election

by Liz Halloran at NPR

http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2012/10/11/162732594/ways-ohio-could-swing-the-election

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"I think the debate clearly mattered," says J. Ann Selzer, the pollster who directed the telephone poll. Selzer's survey found that married Ohio women, a demographic dominated by white women, preferred Obama's stances on reproductive rights and also said he better understood their problems.

But the married women, particularly those not working a full-time job, were moving toward Romney because they said they viewed him as more capable of grappling with the nation's economic problems — even though by a 2-to-1 margin they said they supported the auto industry loans, and live in a state that is doing better than most economically.

What happened?

"What I would speculate," Selzer says, "is their support for Obama was soft, and that they're likely in a household with a husband who voted for [GOP presidential nominee] John McCain in 2008 and is for Romney now."

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"How Ohio Could Swing the Election" by Liz Halloran at NPR (Original Post) applegrove Oct 2012 OP
I'll say that Ohio will swing for Obama rachel1 Oct 2012 #1

rachel1

(538 posts)
1. I'll say that Ohio will swing for Obama
Thu Oct 11, 2012, 08:19 PM
Oct 2012

The working class, middle class, and union workers will prove to be a strong enough force against mitt.

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