New analysis by researchers at Tufts University raises some doubts about Obama's security in the 2012 race, specifically in the key electoral states of Nevada and North Carolina:
"The state-specific data for young voters from both of these battleground states shows what can only be described as a profound loss of the registration advantage Democrats held during the 2008 election cycle," said Peter Levine, Director of CIRCLE. "That decline is a warning sign for Barack Obama, since more than two-thirds of young voters supported the Obama/Biden ticket in 2008."
Jim Geraghty links the findings to the fact that both states rank among the 11 highest in the nation in unemployed young people. Ruy Teixeira's take on the importance of the millennial vote here.
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