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Zogby: Obama in trouble as his 2008 youth vote turns Libertarian
John Zogby, writing for Forbes, writes that Barack Obama’s biggest obstacle to re-election may be disillusioned voters turning libertarian: Mitt Romney has spent months selling himself to the Republican base. Now, Barack Obama is working overtime trying to re-sell himself to his base of voters age 18-29.Team Obama knows that hard times and the growing […]
Read morePoll of the Day: Americans worried about gas prices, health care costs
• 71 percent of Americans worry “a great deal” about the economy; 79 percent of Republicans and 63 percent of Democrats agree. • 65 percent overall worry a great deal about gas prices; 63 percent of Republicans and 69 percent of Democrats agree. • 60 percent overall worry a great deal about the budget deficit; […]
Read more2012 comes down to libertarian-leaning independents
Nick Gillespie, writing today in Reason magazine: According to Gallup and based on 20,000 interviews from 20 polls taken throughout 2011, “a record-high 40 percent of Americans identify as Independents.” To put that in perspective, consider that self-identified Democrats roll in at a historic low of 31 percent while just 27 percent of us are […]
Read moreWhy are independent voters turning libertarian?
Aside from the fact we’re right on everything 100% of the time. Matt Welch looks at the growing phenomenon of independent voters backing libertarian candidates in this month’s issue of Reason. He writes, in part: But even after the initial Iowa caucuses, exit polls showed something extraordinary: Independents are making up for the enthusiasm gap […]
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