Top Romney Adviser Brags About Losing Poor, Minority Voters To Obama

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32. Under 30 white voters represented 11 percent of the total electorate

Under 30 African American voters represented 3 percent of the electorate and under 30 Latino voters made up 4 percent. While Romney took the 11 percent group by 7 points, He lost the the 3 percent group 83 points and the 4 percent group by over 50 points. A quick simple example shows how focusing on young white voters is a losing strategy. If the electorate had 1000 voters, Romney would have taken 56 votes from under 30 whites, 2 votes from under 30 AAs, and 9 votes from under thirty Latinos (a total of 67 votes). Obama, on the other hand, grabs 48 under 30 whites, 27 under 30 AAs and 29 under 30 Latinos for a total of 104 votes.

Given that the part of the electorate represented by under 30 white is almost certainly going to be in decline compared to the share of under 30 AA and Latino (and Asian) voters, Romney's strategist's strategy is the equivalent of investing in the Pony Express.