[neverdem]

White voters make up a majority of the electoral pie, and white Democrats in the middle- to low-income working class are the soul of that coalition. In 2008, white voters without college degrees made up nearly 40 percent of all voters.

In the 2010 midterm election, when Republicans crushed Democrats up and down the ballot nationally, less than 33 percent of the white working class voted for House Democrats – a record low.

The latest Gallup in-depth poll shows only 43 percent of white 18- to 29-year-olds plan to vote for Obama, down 9 points from the 52 percent backing him in 2008; his support is down 9 points among postgraduate women, too.

BTTT! Thanks for the numbers, Salena! There's so much undo pessimism on this forum these days.

[rogue yam]

There's so much undue pessimism on this forum these days.

I don't think it is genuine pessimism regarding Romney's chances so much as it is folks wanting Romney to lose and disparaging his chances as a means of campaigning against him.