# The Election and Data

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [January 6, 2013, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-election-and-data/646241 "2013-01-06T06:46:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Omg\_a\_Black\_Conservative](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Omg\_a\_Black\_Conservative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omg_a_Black_Conservative)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2013, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-election-and-data/646241/19 "2013-01-07T15:52:01Z")

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> [@iiandyiiii](#):
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> So did Romney. Obama also got a lot of high information voters. In combination, Obama had millions more voters overall support him. Not sure what your point is.

Wrong. Obama underperformed among higher education and older age demographics compared to 2008 and outperformed his 2008 performance among the undereducated and young in 2012. Obama was able to turn out a startling number of first time voters, who tend to be politically detached and low information. Those are simple facts, whether you like them or not.

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