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Election 2012

It's a good news-bad news thing that's got to be really frustrating for the message-makers inside the Obama campaign.
In Virginia, Democrat Tim Kaine is saying that the country would be in "disastrous shape" if the plan to partially privatize Social Security supported by his Republican opponent had been passed and put into effect. In Florida, the Chamber of Commerce is taking to the airwaves to attack Democratic…
The "senior vote," says Curtis Gans, is up for grabs this year, what with older Americans worried about their retirement security but unsettled over some social issues. Gans should know: He's been studying voter groups, or "cohorts," as he calls them, for more than three decades.
Susan Milligan is visiting six Election 2012 battleground states to talk with 50-plus voters for a report that will be published in the September issue of the AARP Bulletin. She posted this from Henderson, Nevada.
Unless you bend over backwards to avoid reading about politics (in which case, would you be here?), you probably know that President Barack Obama does better among younger voters than Mitt Romney, and that Romney does better among older voters than Obama.
Susan Milligan is visiting six Election 2012 battleground states to talk with 50-plus voters for a report that will be published in the September issue of the AARP Bulletin. She posted this from Las Vegas.
Susan Milligan is visiting six Election 2012 battleground states to talk with 50-plus voters for a report that will be published in the September issue of the AARP Bulletin. She posted this from Fairfax, Virginia.
Lucky Julia. The cartoon character, as portrayed in an online ad created for President Obama's re-election campaign, is on a path to enjoy a life of security and prosperity. From Head Start to Social Security, government programs will take care of Julia, the comic-book-style ad suggests, unless…
Susan Milligan is visiting six Election 2012 battleground states to talk with 50-plus voters for a report that will be published in the September issue of the AARP Bulletin. She posted this from Youngstown, Ohio.
It's hardly news that younger people are much less likely to go to the polls than older people.
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