Describe a potential Obama 2012/Romney 2016 Voter

[Linus Van Pelt]

My mother and stepfather. They both love Reagan, Clinton, and Dubya. Both voted for Obama. But Obamacare has indirectly negatively affected their lives, and both aren't crazy about Hillary. They told me under a Romney/Hillary race, this time they'd vote for Mitt. Two extra Ohio votes for him, meh.

I thought you said this before 2012 that they switched? Did they go back to Obama at the last minute?

Yes I too read this and thought, "surely all the Democratic voters Reaganfan knows have already switched, given all the threads he made about them in previous elections".

Democrats of Reaganfan's acquaintance seem to be like the heads of the Hydra: every time you knock off one, three more appear.

[Reaganfan]

My mother and stepfather. They both love Reagan, Clinton, and Dubya. Both voted for Obama. But Obamacare has indirectly negatively affected their lives, and both aren't crazy about Hillary. They told me under a Romney/Hillary race, this time they'd vote for Mitt. Two extra Ohio votes for him, meh.

I thought you said this before 2012 that they switched? Did they go back to Obama at the last minute?

Yes I too read this and thought, "surely all the Democratic voters Reaganfan knows have already switched, given all the threads he made about them in previous elections".

Democrats of Reaganfan's acquaintance seem to be like the heads of the Hydra: every time you knock off one, three more appear.

My mother does not like Romney. But she cannot stand Hillary. Thus, she would hold her nose and vote for Romney in a Romney vs. Clinton race. She told me last week she likes Jeb, but she is hoping for Christie. As am I, by the way.

[Mr. Morden]

My mother does not like Romney. But she cannot stand Hillary. Thus, she would hold her nose and vote for Romney in a Romney vs. Clinton race. She told me last week she likes Jeb, but she is hoping for Christie. As am I, by the way.

Your family seems to be filled with people who are not incredibly politically engaged, yet somehow end up giving you monthly updates, handicapping their votes in the next presidential race.  We get a steady stream of posts from you along the lines of "I talked to my second cousin last week, and she said that her order of preference would be Jim Webb, Mike Huckabee, Jeb Bush….etc."

[Reaganfan]

My mother does not like Romney. But she cannot stand Hillary. Thus, she would hold her nose and vote for Romney in a Romney vs. Clinton race. She told me last week she likes Jeb, but she is hoping for Christie. As am I, by the way.

Your family seems to be filled with people who are not incredibly politically engaged, yet somehow end up giving you monthly updates, handicapping their votes in the next presidential race.  We get a steady stream of posts from you along the lines of "I talked to my second cousin last week, and she said that her order of preference would be Jim Webb, Mike Huckabee, Jeb Bush….etc."

Because I talk politics with them.

[PulaskiSkywayDriver]

Most likely blue collar Midwesterners. Yes Hillary will have an entree into that group too but that will be the biggest group any Republican running in 2016 will focus on.

[DS0816]

Mitt Romney won't win the 2016 presidential nomination from the Republican Party.

[morgieb]

1. Conservative-leaning blacks.
2. Misogonists who otherwise lean left.
3. Affluent gays
4. Perhaps the more politically aware voter who thinks Romney and Obama are good people but don't trust the Clintons.
5. Those who have become more fed up with the status quo and want change.

[H. Ross Peron]

Some upper-middle class, self-proclaimed Moderate Hero who voted for Obama for his seemingly postpartisan nature but won't vote for Hillary since she's too aggressive and partisan in her campaigning or whatever

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

Bushie

[IceSpear]

Bushie

How do we know he won't switch to Hillary at the last second?