Citing the latest Quinnipiac poll showing 54% of 18- to 29-year-olds now disapprove of the job President Obama doing (compared to 36% who approve), Gillespie argues (with strong uncensored language) that the love affair between Obama/Democrats and youth actually began waning immediately after Obama took office in 2008.
In 2008, Obama won 66 percent of votes cast by 18-29 year olds. In 2012, he racked up just 60 percent. More tellingly, the participation rate among younger voters dropped precipitously between those elections, with Obama pulling 2.4 million fewer votes from 18-29 year olds in 2012. The second time around, he just wasn’t putting young asses in the voting booth anymore.Obamacare may be the "cherry on top of a shit sundae," says Gillespie, but there are lots of other fault lines including Obama's stimulus fail, foreign war and nearly-war policies, increased deportation of illegals, drone strikes, privacy invasion and a government with way too much power over their lives.
Yet the biggest reason for the soured relationship is likely to be personal economics:
As bad as Obama’s time in office has been for older Americans, nobody has taken it on the chin quite as bad as kids under 30, who are more likely to be unemployed, broke, and facing decades of sub-par wages if and when they do finally get a job.
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