AARP Poll: Voters over 50 deadlocked 45-45 between Obama & Romney Hood

[WI_DEM]

http://www.aarp.org/content/dam/aarp/politics/advocacy/2012-08/what-the-economy-means-to-voters-50plus-presentation-aarp.pdf

Men favor Romney 51-38
Women favor Obama 50-41
Boomers favor Romney 48-41
Retirees favor Obama 47-43
Whites favor Romney 53-37
blacks favor Obama 89-3
Hispanics favor Obama 62-25

[Proud Liberal Dem]

1. White "Boomer" Males support Romney

quelle surprise.

[rfranklin]

2. As a member of the group, I apologize for my braindead compatriots...

And to think these people grew up in the 1960's.

[RKP5637]

3. Whatever happened to the people from the 60's. It's like they had a total

brain meltdown as they aged. We, were going to usher in a better world, yet many seem to want to go ever so backward, and certainly not to better times. Those times are what we were trying to escape. Maybe the good died young.

[northoftheborder]

9. Yes - my children - what happened to the Age of Aquarius???????

[RKP5637]

11. It fell completely off the plate. I recall when some discovered they could

actually make a pot of gold a lot of the altruism faded quickly. I recall well talking in school about graduates who were starting to make big bucks, became selfish assholes and all of the love stuff flew right out the window ... replaced with greed.

[a kennedy]

17. I agree with this 1,000,000 percent....

they started to make big bucks, became selfish assholes and all of the love stuff flew right out the window ... replaced with greed. Exactly.....I remember that movie, Wall Street....in a nutshell that's whats happened to lots of em. Ugh. edit for grammar

[oldhippydude]

4. thats the problem

they didn't grow up... my demographic also..

[Proud Liberal Dem]

6. I forgive you

The others, not so much.............

[Dustin DeWinde]

15. Lol no need

To apologize. Your generation ended Jim crow and advanced the cause of women's equality. All in all boomers are and will always be regarded as a world changing generation of liberals

[russspeakeasy]

5. AARP polls are notoriously jaded.

They are a profit center shill for medicare supplement and life/auto insurance .

[RKP5637]

12. Damn is that ever true. All I get from AARP is insurance literature and

stuff to spend money on, and often their deals? are with the worst companies.

[RC]

7. I am a man. I am a boomer+2. I am white.

No way, no how do I favor Romney for anything but as a bad example of a human being. An example of how not to do things. The lives he has destroyed, the jobs he has destroyed... The death and destruction he leaves in his wake. All he personally profited from.

There is no dead-lock as far as I am concerned.

[RKP5637]

13. How is it we can see the facts and the others can't. I really get dismayed that

so many just can't seem to think anymore. All it takes is just a tiny bit of independent thinking to see through Romney and the entire game.

[eppur_se_muova]

8. Not in this household. nt

[charmay]

10. nor this one!

[Robbins]

14. Well

The fact It's tied and not Romney lead Is good sign.

I am guessing some of those who are retired can see Romney for what he Is over the Boomers.

A majority of whites for obama are likely women.

[marlakay]

16. I just don't get the boomers

I am in that part and of course we are for Obama but many of my neighbors who couldn't wait to turn 65 to get medicare so they could retire are republicans. To me that is hypocritical!