Bumped and Updated: A Potentially Disastrous Number For Obama

Update: Yeah, saw this - embarassing for Obama. Won't make you like his campaign very much, that's for sure.

On Fox News this morning Obama spokesperson Bill Burton dismissed concerns over alienating older voters due to the Obama campaign's decision to play the age card against John McCain in this year's election. Meanwhile, Obama already trails McCain by nearly triple the margin Kerry lost Seniors to Bush in 2004.

According to CNN, in 2004 Kerry lost the Senior vote to Bush by the following margins:

60 and Older: Kerry -7  / (24% of electorate)

65 and Older: Kerry -5 / (16% of electorate)

Today the AP has this as their campaign "stat of the day."

John McCain leads Barack Obama by 23 points among rural voters and by 13 points with voters age 65 and over, according to an AP-GfK Poll of likely voters.

And that's mostly before the "he doesn't use a computer" ad has really started to play.

Maybe they're following the Beckel strategy?

Palin Doesn't Matter, Numbers Do

Not to get morbid but there is another statistic that is working against the Republicans. The Center for Disease Control estimates there have been, on average, 2.5 million deaths in America each year since 2005, the overwhelming number of whom were 65 years and older. Since it is generally conceded that John McCain will win the over 65 vote the actuarial tables present a problem. But you say millions have turned 65 since 2004. Correct, but among the people who were 61-64 in 2004 the vote split evenly between Kerry and Bush.

Democrats have been promising to win elections on the backs of new young voters for years and this year could be when they actually break through, also supported by an expected increase in African American turn-out. But alienating Seniors to the extent Obama seems to be doing could undercut those potential gains.

Comments

[SacTownMan]

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[jaime]

"squash you like a bug if you try anything illegal or violent"

Project much? Please direct me to a specific threat of violence that I made or even remotely insinuated. Waiting.....

[jaime]

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[SacTownMan]

Hey hater did you get out of class early?

I'm not sure where any cows are but the next time I see one at the State Fair I'll let you know.

You like to mention the 5 so I'll have to assume you're talking Southern California. You know what we folks up North say "flush twice, it's along way to LA", hows that water tasting now?

And you forgot Asshat I'm sure I called you that didn't I?