# Swing States

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swing-states/599025>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [October 8, 2011, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swing-states/599025 "2011-10-08T20:43:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swing-states/599025/21 "2011-10-11T00:45:18Z")

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> [@Chronos](#):
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> One big question is whether the youth vote is actually growing, or if 2008 was just an anomaly in that regard.
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> And I’ve heard a lot about how Obama’s win in North Carolina was due to demographic shifts in the state, and those shifts are ongoing, so it’s not out of the question that it might be in play again. The same might go for Virginia, too.
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> Another big question is whether the Democrats will be able to make the accusation stick that the Republicans are trying to destroy Social Security. If they can convince enough voters of that, it could make a big difference in Florida and Arizona.

Depends on who’s nominated. If its Perry the Dems can do that but not for Romney.

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