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I will give Bigelow props for bringing the youth vote to the table, even if she doesn't really understand what happened. Some factors to consider:
We do not have, all of a sudden, a lot of new Hispanic voters aged 65. The growth in the Hispanic/Latino vote is ALL in the youth vote. Thus, supporting the Dream Act was a no brainer! The primary impact would have been on Hispanic youth...but Republicans rejected it and Romney promised a veto if it were ever passed. Bye-Bye Hispanic youth vote.
Is it just me, or does a candidate actually have to reach out to constituents in order to win elections?
Seems like a foreign concept to Mitt Romney.
In a phone call with supporters, Mitt Romney blamed his loss on Obama buying the support of key demographics--like young Americans--with political “gifts”:
“In each case they were very generous in what they gave to those groups...With regards to the young people, for instance, a forgiveness of college loan interest, was a big gift. Free contraceptives were very big with young college-aged women. And then, finally, Obamacare also made a...
A) I think you missed the point of the article: if young people thought the Republican message was so positive, why did ROmney get crushed in that demographic?
B) Efforts to pass " life at conception" legislation were in evidence. One sponsored by Paul Ryan. Mitt ROmney agreed with the concept. That is not a straw man: that is real legislation.
You are in utter denial.