As Far As I Know Obama Did Not Win The Senior Vote in 2008 And 2012 And ----

[Drunken Irishman]

70. It's pointless to just say, "well I know many seniors who are liberal and voted Obama..."

I know a few Mormons who did, too, but that doesn't mean most Mormons aren't Republican.

The fact is, Obama lost the senior vote by 12 points and lost it by 8 four years ago - even though it was a wave election for the Democrats and Obamacare had never even been suggested ... and implemented (no one seems to explain that - why seniors threw their vote so easily in '08). But seniors also voted for Bush by eight-points over Kerry and in fact, Gore was the last Democrat to win the senior vote and that was by only four-points. Clinton won it by 4 in '96 - after beating Bush by 12 in '92.

So, there is a clear trend where seniors have moved away from the Democrats. It's not just Obama - it was Gore and Kerry, too.

But you also got to remember that many of those 65-plus voters were only in their 30s when Reagan won in '84 in his landslide. Those voters had to go somewhere when they got old and they've stayed with the GOP all these years.

Why? It's not just Obama - that's too simple. For the last three presidential elections, the senior vote has gone more and more Republican.