2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumPoll: Young Americans displeased with Obama, would still vote for him
Young Americans are unhappy with virtually every major thing President Barack Obama has done since he was re-elected, but they would still vote for him today, according to the results of a Harvard University survey released Wednesday.
The national poll by Harvard's Institute of Politics of more than 2,000 people aged 18 through 29 is intended to provide insight into political views of the youngest U.S. voters.
This increasingly influential demographic, the millennial generation, has been a traditional base of Obama's support.
More than 50 percent of those who responded to the survey administered between Oct. 30 and Nov. 11, said they disapproved of how the Democratic president handled key issues in his second term, including Syria, Iran, the economy, health care and the federal budget deficit.
full: http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/12/4/poll-young-americansdispleasedwithobamawouldstillvoteforhim.html
Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)Did they want war in both cases?
Lobo27
(753 posts)The other day there was a GoP rep saying that if we went to war with Iran we should use nukes. If people are constantly bombarded that going to war is okay no matter the reason, they'll eventually start to believe it.
malthaussen
(17,195 posts)Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)More than 50 percent of those who responded to the survey administered between Oct. 30 and Nov. 11, said they disapproved of how the Democratic president handled key issues in his second term, including Syria, Iran...
fujiyama
(15,185 posts)I haven't seen if this poll includes cross-tabs or anything.
I would however say without a doubt that a majority of young people are not interested in more wars. Younger people however are more concerned about issues like the NSA spying scandal and are frustrated by the lack of economic opportunities and growing student debt, neither of which issues have been addressed by the GOP in the least. So I'd say it's not surprising that while disappointed, a majority of young people would still vote for Obama.
Not that any of it really makes a difference. The real challenge is getting these people to the polls next year - not an easy task, but especially difficult in an an off-year election when the GOP has cynically poisoned the water for all politicians. It's a brilliant strategy. Just make government perform as poorly as possible by not funding it, then run on a platform of "see it's not working".
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)I caught some talk on this poll this morning on Morning Joe ... strange they didn't mention the "would still vote for him" part.
quadrature
(2,049 posts)99% of people are going to be
surprised when they get
an invoice instead of a membership card.
the poll results could change