The president is under 50 percent approval ratings in all the battleground states. So, you could say that President Obama is defying gravity by still being in a dead heat with Mitt Romney. And one of the reasons that he is, is because the changing face of the electorate are giving him a small boost.
Mara LiassonNo one is predicting that the Democrats will get the 30 pickups they need to take back the House majority.
Mara LiassonThere's disgust with what people called a broken political system, and they're really angry at elites, whether it's the Republican establishment or particularly the media who they feel look down on them, tell them they're bigots.
Mara LiassonIn 2012, African-Americans were 13 percent of the electorate, and 93 percent of them voted for [Barack] Obama.
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