Obama is falling short with some segments of the women vote. In particular, he currently polls considerably worse than his predecessors among all women age 65 or older. About one-third (35%) in this group support Obama, while 42% support McCain. In June 2000, Gore enjoyed a 53%-to-36% lead among women over 65, while in June 2004, Kerry held a more modest 48%-to-43% lead. Currently, nearly one-quarter of women 65 and older (23%) remain undecided about whom to support or say they will vote for another candidate, more than double the share that said that was the case at this point in 2004 (9%) and 2000 (11%).
Even among older women voters who identify themselves as Democrats, significant numbers have yet to declare their support for their party's presumptive nominee. While Obama has a solid 69%-to-12% advantage over McCain among Democratic women over 50, nearly one-in-five (19%) remain undecided or would vote for another candidate. By comparison, just 4% of older Democratic men are undecided.
Maybe these old people just don't have a good sense of humor and sites like this bother them. Wait...most of them are probably too old to use the internet so it's probably some type of newfound age conspiracy that for some reason more of them supported Gore or Kerry over Obama.
Seriously though, some of it could very well have to do with the lack of real information out there about Obama when it comes to experience. It could also have to do with race, there are a myriad of factors that could explain it. Part of it is related to Hillary Clinton though the current media/blog theme is that group doesn't exist:
The reluctance of some older Democratic women to throw their support behind their party's candidate reflects, at least in part, the fallout from the drawn-out Democratic nomination contest. By nearly two-to-one, Democratic women over age 50 say they would have preferred Hillary Clinton (59%) over Barack Obama (32%) as the party's nominee. By contrast, Democratic men in the same age group supported Obama over Clinton by a 51%-to-37% margin.
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Lisa states....Obama is falling short with some segments of the women vote. In particular, he currently polls considerably worse than his predecessors among all women age 65 or older.
COULD IT BE that the women age 65 and older along with their spouses realize the danger that Obama presents to the United States.
COULD IT BE that this group is making plans to pass along their assets to their rightful aires (children,grandchildren, etc) and they fear that Obama will bring the death tax back to pre-Reagan levels.
From 1941 to 1984 the first $60,000 in an estate was exempt from the death tax. Under President Reagan the amound was increased to $600,000 and this was opposed by many Democrats.
Currently 2% of all estates are subject to the death tax.
Under Obama's proposal - about 90% of estate would be subject to the death tax. Everyone who owns a home would pay the death tax.
BTW 65 is NOT that old and many in that group do use computers.
First, I was joking about the computer use.
Secondly? You could be right, as I said there are a myriad of reasons why some in that age group are not supporting Obama.
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