Democracy Corps: Seniors Could Swing 2014 Midterms

[DonViejo]

October 30th, 2013 12:00 am
Henry Decker

Could seniors abandon the Republican Party?

Erica Seifert first raised the question in The Carville-Greenberg Memo in August, after Democracy Corps’ polling found that, by several metrics, the GOP’s standing among voters over 65 had plummeted since the 2010 midterms. Additionally, Democracy Corps found that overwhelming majorities of seniors wanted to protect Medicare benefits and premiums, raise pay for working women, and cut subsidies to big business in order to invest in education, infrastructure, and technology, among many other policies that are anathema to Republican politicians.

“The more seniors hear from Republicans on these and other issues, the more we can expect the GOP’s advantage among this important group to decline,” Seifert wrote at the time. Three months later, it appears that she was correct.

On Wednesday, Democracy Corps will release its latest battleground poll, comprised of the 49 most competitive Republican districts and the 24 most competitive Democratic seats. And the GOP’s performance among seniors should terrify Republicans:

Full article
http://www.nationalmemo.com/democracy-corps-seniors-could-swing-2014-midterms/

[KansDem]

1. It's socialism! Socialism, I tell you!!

Democracy Corps found that overwhelming majorities of seniors wanted to protect Medicare benefits and premiums, raise pay for working women, and cut subsidies to big business in order to invest in education, infrastructure, and technology, among many other policies that are anathema to Republican politicians.

Or is it communism. Socialism? Communism? FOX News says they're the same...

[Laelth]

2. k&r for a little good news. n/t

-Laelth

[Arkana]

3. Which is why we need to keep telling the Republicans

to fuck off on "entitlement reform". The louder Paul Ryan is about his belief that we should blow up Social Security and Medicare, the more times the AARP and the DNC get to slap it in a direct-mail ad.