For the Ideologue Left, Social Security Concern Trolling is a Racket

[WorseBeforeBetter]

148. Crap Blog Code for "whiny libruls who sat out 2010."

Interestingly, moderates and independents loved him in 2008, but 2010? Not so much.

....

The voters who showed up in 2010 were far different from those who showed up in 2008 or even in the last congressional midterm election in 2006. They were much older, whiter, and more conservative.

....

Moderates supported Democrats but by a 55 percent to 42 percent margin, significantly less than Democratic margins among this group in 2008 (61 percent to 37 percent) and 2006 (60 percent to 38 percent). Yet the 2010 margin among moderates is very similar to that attained by congressional Democrats in elections prior to 2006 going back into the 1990s.

....

Independents. There was a sharp swing among independents toward the Republicans in 2010. The GOP carried this group by 19 points, 56 percent to 37 percent. That compares to an 8-point Democratic win among independents in 2008 and an 18-point advantage in 2006. This is by far the GOP’s best performance among this group since 1994, when they carried them by 14 points. Of course, it is possible that a substantial part of 2010’s shift is due to a higher turnout of conservative independents relative to moderate and liberal independents, but we lack data at this point to evaluate this possibility.

http://www.americanprogressaction.org/issues/general/report/2010/11/04/8648/election-results-fueled-by-jobs-crisis-and-voter-apathy-among-progressives/

Why? Jobs, the economy, and fears of Granny being offed by Death Panels. This *ain't* rocket science.