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Whites flight scares Obama, Democrats

By Paul Bedard
Published July 19, 2012 4:00am ET
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Whites flight scares Obama, Democrats
President Barack Obama speaks at a fundraising event at the Austin Music Hall in Austin, Texas on Tuesday. Democrats are concerned his is losing the white vote. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) | Susan Walsh

The flight of white voters from President Obama’s 2008 base is scaring Democrats who are already worried that their side isn’t as jazzed up about voting this fall as Republicans are, according to Democratic advisors and pollsters.

They are concerned that the desertion of white men, elderly whites and Southern whites will cost them victories in states like Virginia and North Carolina.

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