Obama: Democrats get 'clobbered' in midterms

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Obama: Democrats get 'clobbered' in midterms
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President Obama told Democratic donors last night that since the party tends to lose out in the midterm elections, voter turnout is increasingly important.

"In midterms we get clobbered — either because we don't think it's important, or we've become so discouraged about what's happening in Washington that we think it's not worth our while," Obama said.

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Jordan Valinsky is the lead writer for Speed Reads. Before joining The Week, he wrote for New York Observer's tech blog, Betabeat, and tracked the intersection between popular culture and the internet for The Daily Dot. He graduated with a degree in online journalism from Ohio University.