◼ Some polls show a double-digit drop in Obama’s approval rating since Edward Snowden revealed NSA secrets, weakening the president ahead of fall fights with congressional Republicans over the budget and immigration. - The Hill
Polling taken by The Economist and YouGov finds a 14-point swing in Obama’s approval and disapproval rating among voters aged 18-29 in surveys taken immediately before the NSA revelations and last week. Overall, the swing in Obama’s approval rating moves just four points.
A USA Today/Pew Research poll released in June found that young voters were significantly more likely to support Snowden's decision to leak classified material. While 60 percent of 18- to 29-year-olds said exposing the surveillance programs served the public good, just 36 percent of those over 65 said the same.
◼ Revealed: NSA collected 56,000 emails that had nothing to do with terror... and the agency can monitor 75% of all U.S. internet traffic - Daily Mail
◼ If We Can't Even Reach Out to the Millennials, Our Own Children, How Are We Gonna Reach Out to the Hispanics? - RUSH
