In the real world, Obama isn’t running for office this year. The real question is how this demographic will vote (or if they vote) in November 2014.
They may hate that they can’t get jobs, or that they’re being threatened with zot-knows-what over health insurance ... but those Republicans are so mean and intolerant! We can’t vote for meanies!
You’ve hit the nail on the head; we shouldn’t read too much in their rejection of ZeroCare. Their lemming-like support gave us Obama to begin with.
I think the millennials will for the most part sit out 2014.
In 2016 it will probably take someone new and charismatic to get them out(i.e. not Hilary).
That’s why Obama is letting it be known that he’s cool with legalizing pot. His tiny weed-addled mind seems to believe that everybody just wants to stumble through life with no challenges and no future except what the government wants to give them, so he feels marihuana legalization is going to be the piece de resistance for this group. And he hopes he’ll get the libertarian vote, too.
The age range is wide.
my guess is that the 18-28 or so will not vote in substantial numbers. Those 28 - 34 will not be adequate to make a difference.