2012 Election: In Rush For Voters, New Demographic Emerges

The Daily:

As both campaigns scour for new voters -- especially in increasingly crucial Florida -- a growing group of experts and a recent Gallup survey suggest that the obsession over single-female voters should shift to the widows and divorcees of the over-65 bracket.

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Comments

[athiesttoo]

02:41 PM on 09/20/2012

I'm a single, female, senior, Independent and I earned my own way . No right wing, hypocritical, wealthy, snob is going to denigrate me and get my vote.

[Lwtsn7]

02:00 PM on 09/20/2012

So thats why Ryan is lying about his marathon time, and working out! He's trying to turn on gullible women so they will vote for them! What a joke! ...........they prove that beauty is only skin deep! ........VOTE OBAMA, HE'S BEAUTIFUL INSIDE AND OUT!!

[den1953]

01:33 PM on 09/20/2012

Of all the Americans Romney has to rely on it's women especially those women he insulted and threatens to take away their Medicare and cut health care, and then will not take a stand on a violent crime called rape against women to use as a wedge for women's health care. How any women would be in favor of the Republicans this year is like giving your vote to go back to the 1800's, even the Muslim Sharia law gives the woman the right to terminate a baby from a rape!

[prudencehall]

01:05 PM on 09/20/2012

My 85 year old grandmother and all the women in her WWII Widows' Group are all voting for President Obama (provided we can get them all the proper ID for Pennsylvania). My Grandma said that she can't trust Mitt Romney because if his lying.

[Vintage59]

12:55 PM on 09/20/2012

Listen to your mother and grandmother. Romney can't be trusted.

[Gestas]

12:24 PM on 09/20/2012

The thing thats going to hurt the GOP...It has always had a base of non-thinkers that vote Republican(R) because Daddy said it was the only way to go...But, lots of people,especially women have realized that this isn't the Party that Daddy supported anymore.

[feed the enemy]

11:47 AM on 09/20/2012

The GOPTP forgets that most women are not an "I got mine" mindset group. I love the way Romney/R'Ayn says if you are 56 or over you won't have to worry...... If you are and care about anyone younger - worry! And what about those who are 50, 51, 52, 54, 55? Worry! If you are any age - worry! The voucher system is a sham!

[Micheal Frisbie]

11:35 AM on 09/20/2012

But an exit poll study by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner found that Obama's 2008 support among single seniors women shrunk to 19 points... that 19 percent must be the part of mr romney's 47 percent who feel victimized and depend on their social security checks and medicare to survive.

[TexianLife]

11:33 AM on 09/20/2012

Normal, thinking people will vote for Pres Obama. Romney has no business being president of this country.
Let's send Willard home in November so he can go play with his true loves....... money & car elevator.

[mappy3]

11:30 AM on 09/20/2012

If this is True. Do you really think some Old Lady Widow would Ever vote for Romney??
I didn't think so.

[UmYeah]

10:59 AM on 09/20/2012

Robme will win regardless of what the polls say. Why? Because the Millionaires and the Billionaires that invested in him are making sure they get their ROI (return of investment) back once he's president. How? Cheating of course, how else (i.e. voter suppression). Robme is not concerned one bit because the monies-that-be will make sure of it.

[jteschke]

01:03 PM on 09/20/2012

Many of them prefer the more gentle Obama approach, which provides them with more money in the long run, since, if the whole thing collapses too precipitously, many of them will get burned before they can secure their assets.

[DeskJockey13]

10:44 AM on 09/20/2012

My mom is 77 and a devout Mormon. She's voting for Obama. Especially now since she's such a drain on society with her social security and Medicare and all, regardless of the fact she worked as a nurse for about 45 years.
Romney insulted my mother. I suspect he insulted many other people's mothers as well.

[BUMbO]

10:50 AM on 09/20/2012

Rom ney insulted everyone. Some people are just too partisan to recognize it.

[mappy3]

11:30 AM on 09/20/2012

Good for your Mom!

[alice sophia]

10:24 AM on 09/20/2012

Looks like radical Ryan is going to have to trot out his mom 24/7 until Nov. 6th. And, Rubio will have to do likewise with his grandmother.

[georgiavoice323]

10:21 AM on 09/20/2012

I am kind of confused with why the Romney Campaign would bring up a video of the President talking about redistribution, it shows that the POTUS has always been a man that believes that the American way is for those who are blessed with alot should help those who are less fortunate, I think most people believe in helping others. The better off you are the more you tend to drop in the tip bucket of a street vendor trying and most people do it with out thinking about whether the person is a free loader, most look at it as a opportunity to help a struggling person get something to eat and get on there feet. There is no scenerio where 100% of America will be employed, so there will always be a class called poor and the American system wants it that way and because of that there will always be a need for some kind of redistribution. So Mr. Romnay Argument is mute!

[cjkcmo]

11:33 AM on 09/20/2012

Romney is hoping that his uninformed audiences will not know that first, the quote was taken out of context. The rest of the presidents remarks clarified his statement. And, second. that they will not even try to understand redistribution. Ignorance is bliss in the republican party.

[shrn]

09:58 AM on 09/20/2012

I'm over 65 and voting for Obama if you're taking a survey. I left the republican party 4 years ago after 50 years. I hardly recognize them anymore.

[TexianLife]

11:37 AM on 09/20/2012

The GOP has moved to the far, far RW.

I'm watching to see if the GOP will take back their party. They could do it by voting Dem to send the RW a message.

[feed the enemy]

11:43 AM on 09/20/2012

f/f! Right there with you! I am 54 and my husband and I have a business and are doing fine, but I cannot vote GOP anymore. They are rabidly far right. I cannot believe we have to revisit a woman's right to control here body even down to the harmless birth control pill! And the GOP is awful at managing the economy.