National Poll: Obama leads 50-37 among 18-29 year olds

[WI_DEM]

A nationwide poll of young voters aged 18-29 by the Garfield Institute for Public Leadership at Hiram College, shows young voters are optimistic about America’s future, and prefer President Obama (50%) over Mitt Romney,(37%) in the Presidential race, but that Obama’s support has slipped significantly from the levels the president enjoyed in the 2008 Presidential race, and in January.

The survey shows the young voters are very optimistic, or somewhat optimistic about the future of the country in general (63%-34%), but less so (58%-39% ) when asked if they are optimistic about the economy over the next year.

Young voters are also evenly split (43% TO 43% ) on whether Romney and the Republicans Party, or Obama and the Democratic Party has the better ability to strengthen the economy and create jobs over coming months. The survey also found that a narrow majority, (47%-43%), feel small businesses hold the key to improving the economy rather than large businesses, and that government is better able to improve the economy and jobs picture than does the private business sector in general. (49%-43%).

http://politic365.com/2012/06/21/garfield-institute-young-voters-split-and-cautious-on-economic-issues/

[Turbineguy]

1. Now,

if you'll so kind as to vote....

[WI_DEM]

2. The high number of undecideds tell me that we will have the usual lethargic 18-29

year old voting pattern that we saw in every election prior to 2008. That will not be helpful to Obama.

[Dawgs]

3. 50 is too low. Maybe the student loan fight will help. n/t

[polichick]

4. Too bad they don't vote in big numbers.

[BEAU1943]

5. My Poll - Please vote for either Obama or Romney in this poll

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[Pab Sungenis]

6. But will they vote?

A lot of young people are sorely disillusioned by Obama's first term. We have to fight to get them out to the polls and vote. And vote for Democrats.

[WI_DEM]

7. I think they won't in the #'s of 2008, but if they think they will have it better under Romney

they are sadly mistaken. No excuse for not voting. They can go party and drinking every weekend then they should vote.

[CobaltBlue]

8. Underperformance

In 2008, Barack Obama carried 18–29 voters 66 to John McCain's 32 percent. That was a margin of 34 percentage points.

So, in 2012, Mitt Romney is already five percent above John McCain. And this is telling us, with the margins, Obama is leading by just 13 points. Sorry, but this is terrible! A decline of 21 points, down from 34 to 13, and the "survey shows the young voters are very optimisitc" reeks of b.s.

Obama should be either on par with this group, or he should should be winning 68 to 70 percent of their support (so his margin would increase).

I don't believe this poll.

[watchdogg]

9. young voters have left the building

Obama used to have a 30 point lead among youth. And we didn't turn out to vote in 2010 after he mandated us to buy unaffordable bad insurance.

[Individualism]

10. Federal version of Hope Scholarship or Free Education would get their vote.

maybe some socialized medicine to.

[Comrade_McKenzie]

11. I'm one of them. And I am voting...

He's not the far left radical I'd like him to be, but I am a realist.

[Rosanna Lopez]

12. Some young voters will inevitably be fooled

Looks like a lot of younger voters are being fooled by Romney & the Republicans on the economy, and sadly a lot of them will be tricked into thinking that Romney can help their job prospects and make them all wealthy etc.