OBAMA APPROVAL RATINGS ON THE RISE AMONG MILLENNIALS, ESPECIALLY ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES...

[babylonsister]

OBAMA APPROVAL RATINGS ON THE RISE AMONG MILLENNIALS, ESPECIALLY ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES, HARVARD POLL FINDS

Facebook and other social media tools viewed as having greater political impact than in-person advocacy


Washington, D.C. – A new national poll of America’s 18 to 29 year olds by Harvard’s Institute of Politics (IOP), located at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, now finds a majority of Millennials (55%) approve of the job performance of President Barack Obama, a rise of six percentage points from IOP polling conducted last October. The President’s job approval rating among students on four-year college campuses – now 60% – increased even more (nine percentage points) over the same period.

In addition to finding continued growth for Facebook among Millennials in the last year (80% of all 18-29 year olds and 90% of four-year college students now have a Facebook account), the poll also reveals a plurality (27%) of Millennials believe online tools like Facebook, Twitter, blogs and YouTube make more of an impact than in-person advocacy (16%) when advocating for a political position. A detailed report on the poll’s findings is available on the Institute’s homepage at www.iop.harvard.edu.

“As the 2012 presidential primary and caucus season draws closer, young people will again have the opportunity to greatly impact the race for the White House,” said Harvard’s Institute of Politics Director Trey Grayson. “Political campaigns which incorporate an effective youth outreach strategy will have a strong advantage in the 2012 cycle.”

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http://www.iop.harvard.edu/var/ezp_site/storage/fckeditor/file/spring_poll_11_release.pdf

[RichGirl]

1. I'm glad they go to Facebook...

...and don't come here. DU is a real buzz kill for Obama enthusiasum

[msongs]

2. poularity contests are very trendy for the college crowd nt

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[cottonseed]

21. Old broken pissy folks. Our most dismissive and irrelevant segment.

:eyes: :eyes:

[ClarkUSA]

26. That's what Mark Penn sniggered right before the Iowa primary, too.

He wasn't sneering after the results came in. You won't be either when President Obama wins in a landslide in 2012.

[CakeGrrl]

32. So it's down to pooh-poohing and dismissing college students now?

They'd be so happy to know you think so much of them!

[CoffeeCat]

3. Funny, how so many of the polls...

...don't match with reality anymore.

Why is that?

[RichGirl]

10. You are assuming that DU is the reality.

Or that your opinions are reality. The polls are reality.

[CoffeeCat]

12. I feel sorry for you...

...and your naivete.

We all know that polls have been used by Gallup and other organizations to propagandize.

But when the poll is something that makes you happy snappy--no questions are allowed about it!

I'm not assuming that DU is the reality. I belong to several local Democratic groups. I know
many Democrats in my area--important and otherwise unknown.

The overwhelming majority are very unhappy with Obama. During and immediately after his Presidential
campaign, everyone was on board.

I was an Obama precinct captain. I was "in the tank". It took a great deal for the President to fall
out of favor with me. I went kicking and screaming. You couldn't have met a more devoted Obama supporter.
I canvassed for him, made phone calls and even had the opportunity to speak with him personally.

The people who voted for Obama wanted CHANGE, because that was the entire theme of his campaign. We've
got more corporate kow towing with Obama than we had with Bush. The people who voted for him don't
appreciate that.

That poll is total bullshit because it defies common sense and every other indicator out there. You show me
one Progressive messageboard or website where the majority of people are happy with Obama. There isn't one
because it doesn't exist, because the poll is bunk.

[JoePhilly]

15. If progressive message boards were reality, there would be a REALISTIC primary challange to Obama

There isn't though.

Tells you what you need to know.

[Ikonoklast]

19. We would have had President Kucinich, according to polls taken here.

But then again, this place doesn't represent anything resembling actual Democratic voters.

[Union Scribe]

27. Lol.

I've seen nutty denial before, but "you may not even exist if you don't agree with me" is a new one.

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[babylonsister]

5. I am also, Pisces.

:thumbsup:

[Jakes Progress]

6. Whew. As long as popular is all that matters, we're good.

[babylonsister]

9. Maybe young people on college campuses might actually think,

despite your disparaging remark. They might even be comparing what they're hearing from the baggers/right vs. the left.

Do you think all college kids should be written off because of your perceived 'popularity contest'?

[Jakes Progress]

22. You tout popularity as a virtue and then call it "disparaging"

You really need to find a center other than Obama's body. Issues matter.

And just where do I say college kids should be written off? Can you not read or is your preconceptions all you have to go on?

Your reply is actually just a sloppy set of digs based on something going on in you fevered mind and has nothing to do with my post. Surely you are just confused because you surely wouldn't be misleading and disingenuous on purpose. That would be so dishonest.

[treestar]

14. With an elected office, it's pretty big.

[Jakes Progress]

23. Yep. If getting elected means more

than honesty, courage, conviction, and purpose.

[Hosnon]

17. Isn't an election simply a popularity contest? nt.

[Jakes Progress]

24. Certainly seems to be so to many.

[Tarheel_Dem]

8. Not on a college campus, but I approve too. (nt)

:thumbsup:

[slackmaster]

11. More Meh

[treestar]

13. Obama Administration does a great job with that

If you like his FB page, you then keep getting messages from the WH on your wall.

[polichick]

16. So Republicans are making it harder for college students to vote in some states.

[totodeinhere]

18. The problem is that this same age group has the lowest voting turnout rate of any age group.

And the 55+ age group that flocks to Fox News has the highest turnout rate. And they are the same ones who gave us last year's election results that we are living with now.

[AlinPA]

25. This is our main problem. Old people watch Fox "news" and they vote. nt

[Cali_Democrat]

20. Polls don't mean shit at this point. The only poll that counts takes place Nov 2012

And the only thing that matters is the economy and that looks to be steadily improving which is good news for Obama.

[ClarkUSA]

28. That's what Mitt Romney keeps saying to himself.

:rofl:

[Cali_Democrat]

31. Romney said the economy is improving?

[Exilednight]

29. Are these the same millennials and college kids who didn't turn out for the midterm elections?

Just sayin'.

[Harmony Blue]

33. Yes

Most of those kids in that age range believe that mid term elections are not as important as Presidential elections. Some may disagree, but I can see the reasoning behind this train of thought.

[Exilednight]

34. They're not going to show up for the next election either. The

Obama zeitgeist is gone. They are going to do what all college kids do and look for the newest shiniest thing to follow. Four years later and he's looking a bit tarnished.

[Harmony Blue]

35. I disagree

Ironically the inaction of these young voters for the mid terms may force them to action in this upcoming Presidential election cycle seeing that the mid term elections have brought forth extremely vile tea party believers into the political sphere.

[Exilednight]

37. And those that don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it. No

president has ever been able to produce the same numbers for 18-25 year olds in a re-election bid.

[jenmito]

38. Got a link to back up the claim in your second sentence? n/t

[Exilednight]

40. Go back and look at voting history after the 26th amendment was passed.

(1971 moving forward) and you can see the reality.

Just a quick note from 1988 on

In 1988 85% of 18-29 year olds voted.

In 1992 84% of 18-29 year olds voted.

In 1996 75% of 18-29 year olds voted.

In 2000 74% of 18-29 year olds voted.

in 2004 68% of 18-29 year olds voted.

See a trend?

Hispanics were the only minority group to see a steady increase, and they didn't make it out of the mid teens in term of percentage.

[jenmito]

41. I don't see a trend that applies to the '12 election regarding your logic:

"They are going to do what all college kids do and look for the newest shiniest thing to follow." Who could possibly look better than Obama in '12? And when he reminds the college kids of the good he did for them regarding paying for college, staying on their parents' insurance 'til age 26, they WILL come out for him again.

[Exilednight]

42. I never said they were going to go somewhere else during the 2012 election, They;re just not going

to show up. Voting trends show the facts, you can't argue with the numbers. In every presdential election, the number of 18-29 voters in terms of percentage declines.

It's not going to change. In my small microcosm, the under 30 crowd are highly disappointed by Obama. The girl across the street from me is the head of the local young Democrats, and she's noticed a steady decline in support. With that being said, I do freely admit that I live in a purple district, but her group is highly liberal and at odds with older generation.

[Harmony Blue]

39. Fair point

But it appears we are in uncharted territory when it comes to how technology determines the outcome of Presidential elections.

[JTFrog]

30. Obama 2012!!!

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[jenmito]

36. That's why the Repubs. are passing laws to prevent college kids from voting

unless they have permanent residences in the states in which they go to college. :eyes: