Response to Politico: Broad Mandate

Emma, Jon Coale, Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei. Haddad Media.

If President Barack Obama wins, he will be the popular choice of Hispanics, African-Americans, single women and highly educated urban whites. That’s what the polling has consistently shown in the final days of the campaign. It looks more likely than not that he will lose independents, and it’s possible he will get a lower percentage of white voters than George W. Bush got of Hispanic voters in 2000.
A broad mandate this is not. Politico 11/4/12.

If Governor Willard Mitt Romney wins, he will be the popular choice of white men.  That's what the polling has consistently shown in the final days of the campaign. It looks almost certain that he will lose Hispanics, African-Americans, the highly educated, people under 30, and women in general of all races with a much lower percentage than Barack Obama got of middle-aged white men in 2008.

I guess Politico would call that a broad mandate. After all, it includes drinkers of both red and white, and a broad.