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Publication Date: April 24, 2012

Author: Ryan Alessi

Ky. college activists debate presidential race as poll shows younger voters moving to Obama

04/24/2012 06:28 PM

A new poll from the Harvard Institute of Politics shows that President Barack Obama is picking back up support from the youngest voters who had moved away from him just four months ago.

Out of more than 3,000 respondents ages 18 to 29, 43 percent said they’d choose Obama in November compared to 26 percent for presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney. Obama fared 6 points better in this poll, taken between March 23 and April 9, than a similar survey from late November and early December.

Obama fares better among 25-to-29 year olds — a 23 point lead over Romney — than he does with the youngest group of 18-to-24 year olds, who favor Obama by 12 points.

On “Pure Politics” Tuesday, Centre College sophomore Jordan Shewmaker, who is president of the Kentucky College Democrats, and University of Kentucky junior T.J. Morrison of the UK College Republicans discussed the presidential race, including the issues they want to hear the candidates talk about.

Jordan starts the video interview by talking about why he believes younger voters are gravitating back toward Obama:

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Ryan Alessi joined cn|2 in May 2010 as senior managing editor and host of Pure Politics. He has covered politics for more than 10 years, including 7 years as a reporter for the Lexington Herald-Leader. Follow Ryan on Twitter @cn2Alessi. Ryan can be reached at 502-792-1135 or ryan.alessi@twcable.com.

Comments

  • Mark Sutphin wrote on April 25, 2012 10:13 AM :

    Younger voters are moving to Obama to get further handouts from an administration that continues to spend irrationally, weaken our global stance and divide us as a nation inorder to increase government dependence. Younger voters will understand the error of thier thinking…

    The War on Women, fear mongering (dirty water & air) and racial overtones (Trayvon Martin) shows where our country is going. Our values are deteriorating, our morals are continuing to be overrun with new acceptance to things thought abhorrent just a few years ago. Liberals say that they are for the people, but do things much differently. Obamacare is how this is defined.

  • EPluribusUnum wrote on May 03, 2012 07:56 AM :

    Perhaps the youth that are trending for President Obama are less encumbered by the blinding rhetoric that the Right Wing offers up minutely Wing Nuts take time to develop. Pell Grants are not give aways, and Student loans with reasonable interest rates gave me a college education 40 years ago, my taxes have repaid them as well as the actual payments many times over. Youth are looking to the future while Mr Sutphin wallows in the mire of Right Wing Rhetoric. Ending with the always appropriate negative pejoritive “Obamacare” which of course, makes youth more insured.
    Gotta love them RWNJ’s.

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