USA Voting Will Close In:
By: Gary Kreep, RMCPAC President
San Diego, CA - In a speech November 9, 2009 before a sell-out crowd at the University of San Diego (USD), nationally-known author and lecturer Michael Barone told some 300 listeners that the 2009 elections accurately reflect a national turning-away of public opinion from the Democrats agenda. Mr. Barone cited 4 main reasons for this trend:
SUBURBAN ANGST: The Dems’ Bailouts, stimulus packages, and health care proposals have repelled suburban voters, (who backed Obama in 2008). In 2009 they turned to Chris Christie in New Jersey, Bob McDonnell in Virginia, and local GOP nominees in New York’s Nassau and Westchester counties, and in Pennsylvania’s Bucks county.
YOUTH VOTE FOUND MISSING: Barone also focused on the decline of the Youth Vote from 2008 to 2009. Over 400,000 under-30 citizens voted in both Virginia and New Jersey in 2008, but that figure tumbled to 150,000 in New Jersey last week, and just 120,000 in Virginia. Barack Obama had won under-30 voters in 2008 by a 66% to 32% ratio nationally, allowing him to win battleground states. Not this time!
MODERATES MUGGED BY REALITY: Economic hard times, Barone added, also make Cultural Issues less meaningful. Pro-choice Republicans came home to the GOP this time over looming tax increases and exploding national debt, even though Chris Christie and Bob McDonnell are Pro-Life.
NANCY PELOSI GETS REAL: The national Democrat agenda was just a gesture from 1994 to 2008, since it would either be blocked in the House, or (later) vetoed by George W. Bush. In the last 12 months, however, voters have gotten an eye-opening look at the REALITY of government by Nancy Pelosi, ACORN, Harry Reid and Chicago machine hacks.
This has been the proverbial Wake-Up Call !
Mr. Barone quoted his former boss, nationally-respected Democrat pollster Peter Hart, as saying the 2009 results spell real trouble ahead for Democrats, and are no Mirage.
That’s all for this 1st Report on Mike Barone’s great lecture last night. I’ll have a 2nd installment later this week, because when Mike Barone talks, it is always worth listening closely. Major thanks to San Diego community leader JOAN E. BOWES, whose support of USD makes this annual series of lectures possible… and to former San Diego City Councilmen Fred Schnaubelt and Bruce Henderson who worked on the organizing committee for this successful event. Well done to all.
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