McCain voters defecting to Obama are older white males

Reuters ^ | October 21, 2012 | By Gabriel Debenedetti

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Roughly 5 percent of respondents in Reuters/Ipsos polls said they chose the Republican contender in 2008 and will switch to Obama in 2012.

Who are these defectors?

The McCain-to-Obama switchers are 55 percent male, and 34 percent of them are 55 or older. (Overall, Obama trails Romney 34 percent to 52 percent among white men over 50.) About 72 percent of them are white.

They are largely from the East Coast; nearly 4 in 10 live in the mid- or South Atlantic. Nearly 3 in 10 finished their education after high school, and nearly 2 in 10 have a bachelor's degree.

Two-thirds say they are absolutely going to vote, choosing "10" on a 1-10 scale for likelihood of voting.

Even though 38 percent of all voters believe the economy is the election's most prominent issue, just one-third of the McCain defectors agree. Character matters more.

[catfish1957]

The only thing the MSM has left is “band wagon” tactics. Even if the facts are wrong.

[NormsRevenge]

Now this is a fine load of patootie.

[swpa_mom]

Nice try.

[timestax]

[ansel12]

The conversation abruptly ended when I asked how, as a Roman Catholic, he felt in 1960 with all the accusations that JFK was going to be under the control of the Pope.

There just isn't any comparison between a run of the mill Christian lay person, and a powerful, obsessed, cult leader who believes that he will become an actual God, and who did seek the personal approval of his holy Prophet before running for president.