Obama approval among Young Voters drops 13%

To 49%, which puts him well ahead of Romney (young voters aren't going to swing Republican, or anything close), but well below where he needs to be to get this demographic to come out for him in anything approaching the numbers of 2008.

Like I've been saying for some time, the excited college students of 2008 are the un/under employed of 2012, living in their parents basement. They may not be willing to say they made a mistake, but they aren't all that happy about the way Hope and Change has worked out. Look for this portion of Obama's base to be depressed come November, along with (I suspect) African Americans.

Nearly half of the nation’s new voters, age 18-24, think that President Obama has done a “fair” or “poor” job as president, resulting in a 13 point drop in support, but he still maintains a wide lead over Mitt Romney, according to a new poll done by a conservative pro-life group.

The poll conducted for Students for Life of America (Homepage - Students for Life) and provided to Secrets put Obama’s lead over Romney at 53 percent to 25 percent. That’s a big drop from the 66 percent of the 18-24 vote he got in 2008, but it’s more than enough to give the president something to crow about...

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Full Disclosure, Article goes on to note:

...What’s more, the poll done by the Polling Company Inc./WomanTrend, found that younger and first-time voters remain engaged and should flood the polls again. In 2008, their turnout was the highest in 16 years, helping Obama beat Sen. John McCain, and that might be repeated....

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But I'm thinking... no. Of course they are going to tell the pollster they intend to vote. But the excitement is dead.

cpwill said:

But I'm thinking... no. Of course they are going to tell the pollster they intend to vote. But the excitement is dead.

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Further confirmation of the old adage: If you're not a liberal at 20, you've got no heart; if you're not a conservative by 30, you've got no brain; and if you're not a curmudgeon by 60, you haven't been paying attention.