Zogby: Obama outperforming Romney among “upscale voters”

Hotair ^ | 07/21/2012 | BY ROB BLUEY

[SeekAndFind]

Voters with college degrees and international travelers are breaking for President Obama over Mitt Romney in the presidential race, according to a polling analysis from John Zogby. Romney, meanwhile, comes out ahead among top earners and the middle class.

The trend should be worrisome for Obama, Zogby wrote:

The picture that emerges from these select numbers is one of dissatisfaction among voters with the highest income, but an incumbent who might be able to cut his losses among more upscale voters by appealing to those with college degrees and those who have a more international perspective. At the same time, the president is waging an all-out war against Romney to win over middle income voters who, at the moment, are really enamored with Obama. An incumbent presently winning only 36% of voters in the $50,000 to $75,000 income range spells potential trouble for him.

Here’s how the numbers break down from Zogby's analysis of a total sample 5,300 likely voters:

• Among college-educated voters, Obama leads by 8 points, 47 percent to 39 percent. This group makes up approximately 40 percent of likely voters.
• Voters who have traveled internationally give Obama a 10-point advantage, 48 percent to 38 percent. About one-third of voters have a passport, according to Zogby.
• Romney does slightly better among voters earning $100,000 per year or more. He leads by 3 points, 47 percent to 44 percent. Zogby predicts this group will make up about 13 percent of likely voters.
• Among the important group of voters making between $50,000 and $75,000 per year, Romney holds a 6-point edge, 42 percent to 36 percent. This income group makes up 21 percent of likely voters. And, according to Zogby, “it is the group that normally provides the winner in presidential elections going back to 1972.”

Hot Air also covered Zogby’s previous analysis, which examined the “marriage gap” — the sharp political divide between married and single voters.

[junta]

That is what conservatives get for letting the left get away with claiming moral superiority, these people are just lemmings trying to join the “in” group.

[baddog 219]

I guess living in their parents basment... Smokin’ dope...and having mommy pay for their birth control,food,and video games, make their minds weak and easy to control with flashy black quotes from a freakin’ liar in chief.

[depressed in 06]

Survey sez: dumbest people going to college,

[RedMDer]

Keep FR Running Fight back. Counter the MSM spin machine.

[Leep]

Kind of like Chris Matthew’s on Jeopardy smart?

[uncbob]

Considering the Left Wing Brain Washing they get for 4 years It should be much higher

[uncbob]

Something doesn't make sense. The poll shows Obama with a good lead among the College educated, but losing to Romney among those who earn between $50,000-$75,000 and over $100,000.

Maybe because all those grads that took sociology and female studies and English as majors are working at Mikey Ds

[ballplayer]

Tens of thousands of dollars to produce Morons,what a Waste of time and Money,they should all be drafted on graduation day to serve in Afghanistan,let them get a taste of real service to their country,bunch of stupid idiots .

[Wuli]

College INDOCTRINATED give Obama the edge AMONG THEMSELVES

[MSF BU]

Eh, I’ve never known of any poll where one could examine the cross tabs to see more about these people. My guess is, and I may be wrong, that much of the edge of the ‘educated’ comes from government workers at all levels.

[Carry_Okie]

That's because they think they won't be among the 6.5 billion peasants UN Agenda 21 wants to "disappear."

They believe their education constitutes entitlement to rule, and in ruling, a way to power and safety. They identify with expressions of autocracy, As middle class, they will be taxed into oblivion, to exist without work in a state of feeling wronged. They root, "gimme pigs for Zero," not realizing that they are destined to despair, in death "below the line." Thus, the are the ultimately useful idiots, cheering for the cause of their own demise.

[arrogantsob]

I did not go to the site for an explanation of what “voter” Zogby is referring to. Knowing the RAT inevitable deceptions I presume it is registered voter.

[OldMissileer]

Well educated does not necessarily mean wise.

Or smart. Getting a degree in Theater or Underwater Basket weaving means you have misspent tens of thousands of dollars on a worthless enterprise and have not raised your IQ one point.

I watch liberals run around yelling to people how smart they, the liberals, are yet when you ask them what degrees they hold it is almost exclusively some garbage arts degree. They also get quite upset when you point this out to them.

[Ohioan]

Don’t let your kids grow up to be college student............

Let me suggest that, if your kids are encouraged to develop the strength of character to stand up to the intellectual poseurs, who accept & pass on an obviously sham interpretation of reality; and if they show the potential to fight back, that you actually encourage them to go to college. But the essential prerequisite is to be prepared for the modern equivalent of "flat earthism" that they will encounter.

For the idiocy that is destroying College Education, and which underpins the college graduate who supports the transparent demagogue in the White House, see Myths & Myth Makers In American "Higher" Education.

You might consider also, "Liberals" Or "Mipips" (Marxist Influenced Pseudo Intellectual Poseurs). Some of the Academic Mipips acted as though were having spontaneous orgasms in their pants over Obama in 2008. I do not know which is more disgusting, the hateful rhetoric of the candidate, or the Nazi like adulation of so many collegiate types.

William Flax

[Mouton]

Interesting...I was part of that poll and have a passport and said there was a zero chance I vote for that scum bag.

[TribalPrincess2U]

College educated...I stopped right there.

[Lucky9teen]

...middle income voters who, at the moment, are really enamored with Obama.

Uh....WTF? Last time I checked, quite the opposite was true. Most “middle income” voters I know, DESPISE Obama, with every fiber of their being.

Stupid polls....they are either TOTALLY biased or.....totally biased.....but I digress

[Diggity]

Probably includes online university degrees. Also government workers with degrees, teachers, people who live off of government grants.

[CityCenter]

Elitists voting Obama? Say it isn’t so!

[DrDude]

Are these the same college educated people that can’t find a job because of BO?