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In Battle for Young Voters, Romney Should Play it Uncool

The_Nerd_Warrior Wrote: Apr 13, 2012 5:27 PM

"Obama voters are not stupid." Then they're either ignorant or downright malicious. "Youth voters are not stupid." Not necessarily, no. "They have seen the world you have created for them and will continue to reject it as long as their views remain ignored. " Newsflash - their views are hardly being "ignored". It's the new rhetoric that *they* were taught in school, and ran right along with, that created this world for them.

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In Battle for Young Voters, Romney Should Play it Uncool

President Obama's re-election largely hinges on his ability to play young voters for suckers -- again -- and whether Mitt Romney will let him.

In 2008, Obama won the youth vote by better than a 2-1 margin, 66 percent to 32 percent. Even more impressive, he actually expanded the share of young voters going to the polls by some 3 million. Those extra voters helped tip several swing states.

Obama owed his success to being a charming political unknown onto whom young people could project their hopes. His rhetoric was a hipsterized version of Successories for college kids:...

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