Senior Moments
by digby
I realize that Democrats believe they no longer have any need for the senior vote — or even the over 40 vote for that matter. But they do need a few old duffers in order to win elections. Obama did get 45% of them in the last election, and majorities of them in the blue states. Democrats might be just a little bit foolish to write them off completely.
This report by Social Security Works and Lake Partners from a couple of years ago showed how people felt about Social Security, medicare and the deficit prior to the 2012 election. I suppose this could have dramatically changed since then, but for argument’s sake let’s assume the attitudes haven’t even if their partisan alliances have.
It’s also true that the report showed that while Democrats hugely lost their advantage on these issues in 2010, they had regained it by 2012. I’m going to take a wild guess and assume that the Republicans are planning to repeat their 2010 success with seniors and near seniors by demagoguery the holy hell out of this issue. Why wouldn’t they? The Senate is very much in their reach and seniors are a group that votes in large numbers in off year elections.
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