Election 2012: When the Enthusiasm Fades

The Takeaway

Over the past year, maybe even longer, millions of Americans have enthusiastically backed the presidential candidates they feel share their beliefs, values, and maybe even their geography. But now that we’re now only a month away from voting day, some voters are feeling a little less enthusiastic.  
Hermene Hartman is the publisher of N’DIGO, a  magazine based in Chicago, and she was the first publisher to put Barack Obama on the cover a magazine, way back in 1997. A Chicago resident, and a Democrat, she will very likely end up casting her ballot for Barack Obama in 2012. But perhaps reluctantly.

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