Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Obama Losing Key Supporters

Matt Drudge links to several articles saying President Obama is losing support among various groups. For example, Business Insider says he's losing support among black voters in North Carolina.

We already knew Obama was losing support among white voters, but Gallup is saying it is getting worse among key groups: women with graduate degrees, young voters, and the nonreligious. And a Siena College poll reported by The Weekly Standard says Obama's support among Jewish voters in New York State has dropped 22%.

DrudgeReport also links to this BuzzFeed article which includes a memo from Democracy Corps (that's James Carville and Stan Greenberg, noted Democrat operatives) with the following rather dramatic wording:
We will face an impossible headwind in November if we do not move to a new narrative, one that contextualizes the recovery but, more importantly, focuses on what we will do to make a better future for the middle class.
Later they say of their survey respondents:
When asked whether Romney or Obama would do a better job on the economy, more chose Romney. That is some measure of the challenge we (Democrats) face, since many have heard the president's economic message.