Courtesy of Mish.
The Washington Post reports Majority of youngest voters would recall Obama.
Young people, who played a major role in putting President Obama in the White House in 2008 and keeping him there after 2012, now say they would vote to recall the president if given the chance.
A new Harvard University Institute of Politics poll shows 52 percent of Americans between the ages of 18 and 24 say they would vote to recall Obama. Among young people aged 18 to 29, the number is 47 percent.
I am not sure how the Washington Post calculated the first breakdown unless they had more access to the data. Let’s head straight to the Harvard Survey of Young Americans’ Attitudes toward Politics and Public Service.
Here are some questions I found particularly interesting.
6. For whom did you vote for president in 2012?
Barack Obama ………………………………………… 55%
Mitt Romney ………………………………………….. 33%
Someone else …………………………………………. 4%
Don’t remember ……………………………………… 1%
Decline to answer ……………………………………. 6%
7. If you could re-cast your 2012 vote for president today, for whom would you vote?
Barack Obama ………………………………………… 46%
Mitt Romney ………………………………………….. 35%
Someone else …………………………………………. 13%
Decline to answer ……………………………………. 7%
11. Do you consider yourself to be politically engaged or politically active?
Yes ……………………………………………………. 22%…
