Tuesday, November 15, 2011
The students will still support him
But President Obama has managed to suck the energy out of the many students who worked so hard for his election in '08. Many are trying to find their own jobs these days and finding that an economic depression can easily become personal.
Across this state — and in others where young voters were the fuel of the Obama organization, voting for him two to one over John McCain — the enthusiastic engine of the 2008 campaign has run up against the reality of a deadened job market for college students.The fact that many will still vote for him must be attributed to the horror show the Republican/Teabaggers are presenting as a presidential campaign.
Interviews here and across the country suggest that most of his college supporters of 2008 are still inclined to vote for him. But the Obama ground army of 2008 is hardly ready to jump back into the trenches, potentially depriving Mr. Obama of what had been an important force in his victory.
Mr. Obama’s advisers, while acknowledging the shift, said they were confident that the loss of these workers would be negated by an influx of new students who have turned of voting age since 2008. Mr. Obama’s campaign manager, Jim Messina, said there had been eight million voters ages 18 to 21 registered since the last election, most of whom were Democrats.
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