Political Science 2244E Lecture Notes - Sandra Fluke, Divided Government, Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act
20 Mar 2014
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Youth (18-29) make up 19% of voting population (last election: 18%); 65+ seniors make. People who became first time voter and voted twice for same party = most likely to vote for that party for the rest of their lives. Long-term problem for republican party; they kept on bashing hispanics and mexicans. 72% white population in us (last election in 2008: 74%) Obama got 40% of white vote; 90%+ african american vote; hispanics and asians. Made a big difference in michigan and ohio. Got a lot of money during the summer. Spent money on ads to portray romney as 1% and get people to vote. They needed to humanize romney and they failed to do it. Democrats got 3-5% bounce from election; republicans got 0 bounce. Romney"s knee-jerk reaction: he released the press release about the video. Obama accused romney of politicizing the issue of diplomats. There was already movement towards obama before sandy.
