The Republican Party’s defeat unmasks deep liabilities beyond the expected demographic shortcomings with Latinos and voters under 29 (who against all expectations, maintained their slice of the electorate at 2008 levels in the midst of an appalling job market for new college graduates).

Again, when talking about the GOP losing the youth vote it’s important to say that GOP lost the non-white youth vote. The total youth vote is absolutely important, but young white liberals should be reminded that they’re a minority of their co-racial voting generation. Some of the hipsters will love that… but some of them are peer pressure voters and will think hard about it.

http://www.cnn.com/election/2012/results/race/president#exit-polls

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/polls/#USP00p1

Vote by Age and Race
White 18-29 (11%)[same in both polls]

Obama: 54% – MCain: 44%
Obama: 44% – Romney: 51%

If it turns out the life of Barack Obama’s presidency is measured in months, left-leaning analysts will agonize over what went so wrong. Their explanations will range from confusion over how a stunningly gifted orator never mastered the greatest national pulpit, to consternation about the intransigence of Republicans and the eruption of the Tea Party, to sober hand-wringing about the intractable nature of 21st Century democracy.

- Artur Davis, Oct 28, 2012

And who is agonizing over what went wrong now Artur?

I have a story: The pundit/blogger bends the truth. Wins praise. The lies are revealed. The pundit/blogger etches a new sketch. Wins praise. All in a matter of a week.

To learn more read how Artur Davis defends Romney for his capability to run complex organizations (such as national campaigns), then read this post were he calls his campaign deficient. 180 degree turn? Why not. That’s Artur’s job, to keep you reading what you want to read, not what has any alignment with reality.

http://www.officialarturdavis.com/2012/10/the-case-for-mitt-romney/

Young voters could easily join the tent if we can run a guerilla campaign to show them how they’re being completely robbed by the debt and O-care. They’ll see the fees here soon, along with 29 hr work weeks – it should not be hard to get them to see the light, with the proper message/messanger.

It’s not conservative enough and it’s not inclusive enough.

joshleguern on November 9, 2012 at 8:03 PM

That is why need a true conservative to lead the party.

PALIN 2016

It’s not conservative enough and it’s not inclusive enough.

Seth Halpern on November 9, 2012 at 7:42 PM

The theory currently being tossed around is that a lot of white voters stayed home. I don’t know if that’s true or not. I also couldn’t venture a guess as to why.

But if it’s true and a lot of white people that voted for McCain stayed home this time, there must be some reason for it. I certainly don’t consider not voting to be disloyal, nor would I consider people that are skeptical of Romney to be bigots.

Labeling it isn’t important. What’s important is finding out why and what we can do as a party to remedy it.

What do you think it is?

How likely is it that a group that went 4:1 for him would contain large numbers of petulant bigots?

Seth Halpern on November 9, 2012 at 7:42 PM

Because we are petulant bigots.