"Why CNN Latest Florida Poll Should Panic GOP" by Kos at the Daily Kos

[applegrove]

Why CNN Latest Florida Poll Should Panic GOP

by Kos at the Daily Kos

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/08/27/1124861/-Why-CNN-s-latest-Florida-poll-should-panic-GOP?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+dailykos%2Findex+%28Daily+Kos%29

"SNIP................................................

Obviously Republicans don't want to see Pres. Barack Obama in the lead, and certainly not with 50 percent of the vote. But what's really gotta worry GOP strategists is this:


50 and older:
Obama 47
Romney 49


Why are those numbers a problem for the GOP, given that they lead Obama with older voters? Because Republicans need to crush it with seniors in order to be competitive and to counterbalance expected losses among younger voters.

In 2008, John McCain beat Obama in Florida among voters older than 65 by a 53-45 margin. Obama won voters 50-64 by a 10-point margin, 54-44. Add them up, and Obama won the 50+ cohort by a couple of points.

................................................SNIP"

[chollybocker]

1. Maybe all the Jewish seniors in FLA

will vote for Pat Buchanan again. It could happen.