Democrats know the slow economy will significantly hinder President Obama’s efforts to win reelection, but they could at least take some solace in the notion that several voting blocks would still come out strong for the president, perhaps giving him the victory. But even that hope may be fading.
While the president could still win those voting blocks, it is likely that the turnout will be lower and the spread between the president and Republican Mitt Romney will be smaller.
The Women’s Vote. The latest CBS/New York Times poll shows Romney leading Obama among women, 46 to 44 percent. In April it was Obama on top with 49 percent and Romney at 43 percent.
The CBS/NYT poll relied on a small sample, 615 adults nationwide, and other recent polls still have Obama leading with women; so it’s too soon to know if a shift is underway. Even so, such a shift makes sense, because women have lots of reasons to be dissatisfied with the current administration.
In families, women are often the ones buying the groceries, filling up the car, providing or paying for the health care, and even paying the bills. All of those costs are up, way up, while incomes have barely moved. READ MORE
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