There are no code pinkers this year, but I would think the 8% unemployed Americans care about the election.
I see Obama losing support and enthusiasm amongst college students and the under 25 crowd. This is bad news for him. If Obama is Bush in 2004, then he needs to find his "base of evangelicals that came out for Bush." Obama is counting on college students and universal marriage supporters.
I think Romney has solidified the senior citizen vote. They are scared to death of health care rationing and want to end universal health care.
Obama has 31% of the white working class vote, so he has that going for him.
Hmm, funny how all the lack of enthusiasm is only Obama's fault. Of course Romney doesn't have any of the same problems.
There is voter apathy on both sides. Obama's supporters still like Obama personally and probably most of his policies, but the struggling economy and the possibility that he could lose is beginning to sink in. It's really depressing his base and making them pessimistic.
Supporters of Romney on the other hand, see him as their best (and only chance) to beat Obama, but he's far from the brave, shining figure they had hoped would rise up in 2012. He is famously uninspiring and awkward on the national stage and as leader of the party. His background as a flip flopper and exorbitantly rich aristocrat makes him vulnerable to attacks and every Republican knows it, even if they won't admit it. The doubts that 'the base' had about Romney during the primaries still exist, but most of them are just dealing with it because he's what they've got.
So both candidates are flawed and vulnerable, as they are in every election, but the weaknesses are just much more apparent. The biggest problem is that during tough times, politicians like Roosevelt, Reagan and Clinton always seem to come along and offer people a hope for the future, that things will get better. Neither candidate is offering that this year.
