Renters Love Obama
Turns out that Obama escape clause in condo contracts might not be necessary, since the percentage of renters is going up (to 32.2 percent from 30.9 percent according to an Apartments.com survey). And renters, it seems, are planning to make Obama their president. “One week away from casting their ballots, renters surveyed revealed that nearly…
Turns out that Obama escape clause in condo contracts might not be necessary, since the percentage of renters is going up (to 32.2 percent from 30.9 percent according to an Apartments.com survey). And renters, it seems, are planning to make Obama their president. “One week away from casting their ballots, renters surveyed revealed that nearly 60 percent are backing Barack Obama for president and the top issue on their minds is the national economy,” reads a press release that landed in our inbox. “John McCain received 23 percent of renters’ votes followed by 9 percent who preferred not to answer the question and 6 percent who are undecided.”
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How can any sentient being be “undecided” at this stage? the difference between the two candidates could not be starker.
most republicans
In addition to DIBS’ obvious observation, here’s another: most people (according to polls) are voting for Obama. So yeah, that means most renters — and probably most home-owners, too. And most hairdressers, most plumbers, most people with heart disease, most people who own cars, etc. etc.
sorry, carol, it came to us as a press release. they might not have it on the apartments.com site. Maybe it will show up here later today: http://www.apartments.com/PressRoom/pressroom08.htm
Where is this survey? The link is to the front page of apartments.com. I don’t see any survey there. You might actually want to link to the subject of your post.
i usually like your articles lisa but this is just i dont even know how to describe it. in other news renters prefer bananas to apples 60 % to 40. in any case this POOR (not really bitter about it tho) renter does not support him. nor do i support mccain. hate politics which is why i waste my day on blogs like this.
-rob
Mind in the gutter ditto!!! Come on, this is serious stuff here.
DIBS, was the word top in the last sentence of your penultimate paragraph a freudian slip?
Gimmie a break. If anyone believes that the election will somehow have a direct effect on rents by either controlling them or making them tax deductible, you are in some kind of netherworld.
I hate to say this because its obvious; apparently not to some of the posters, but renters would pretty much make up a large portion (in the cities) of lower and middle class incomes. The top 80-90% of the population!!!!
However, I’m sure this survey is urban centric and doesn’t take into consideration the large number of lower & middle class homeowners across the country.