largest gap between the haves and have-nots that s ever existed here before and it s unsustainable. there s been such a deterioration in the job base in this country because of offshoring. what we re left with is an economy of service jobs. between 1980 and 2009, the u.s. lost 38% of its manufacturing jobs. most of these were what might be considered solid middle class jobs. the type that haven t come back during the economic recovery. but there s been a new source of job growth, the service industry. responsible for an astounding 97% of the job growth in the u.s. while not all of these were low-paying jobs, lower wage occupations represent half, about 58% of job recovery growth since the recession. the glut of low-paying jobs means that employees often need one to make ends meet which may be 17.1 million americans hold
and the evangelicals could make a difference. one man is hoping to drum up support for governor romney. ralph reed is th was an advisore bush and cheney campaigns. nice to see you, ralph. good to be with you, greta. greta: you have a database of 17.1 million, which is giant. i m curious, what are you saying to that 17.1 million as to the reason they should come out and vote for governor romney? greta, first of all, we ve engaged in a massive voter registration effort. this were 17 million evangelical christians who didn t bother to go to the polls four years ago when barack obama was elected. about half of those because they weren t registered to vote. about half were registered to vote didn t bother to come. the first thing we focused on and voter registration continues in most states through october 6th or 9th, in some states like wisconsin you can go
giant percentage. i m curious in doing your analysis, your state by state breakdown with your 17.1 million database, with the impact in the swing states, have you analyzed your impact in the all so important swing states? well, we have. and i think if you look at the big four, where these voters are to be found, it s florida, ohio, virginia and north carolina. and if you look at every one. those, you know, ohio romney s trailing probably by an average of four points. but florida there s a new poll out this weekend, miami herald poll conducted by mason-dixon, it s 48 obama, 47 romney. and brad cokier, the pollster says ground game will decide it. virginia effectively tied. north carolina effectively tied. in every one. those states, greta, we believe we ll be able to increase the evangelical turnout from the 2008 baseline by an average of
and the evangelicals could make a difference. one man is hoping to drum up support for governor romney. ralph reed is th was an advisore bush and cheney campaigns. nice to see you, ralph. good to be with you, greta. greta: you have a database of 17.1 million, which is giant. i m curious, what are you saying to that 17.1 million as to the reason they should come out and vote for governor romney? greta, first of all, we ve engaged in a massive voter registration effort. this were 17 million evangelical christians who didn t bother to go to the polls four years ago when barack obama was elected. about half of those because they weren t registered to vote. about half were registered to vote didn t bother to come. the first thing we focused on and voter registration continues in most states through october 6th or 9th, in some states
giant percentage. i m curious in doing your analysis, your state by state breakdown with your 17.1 million database, with the impact in the swing states, have you analyzed your impact in the all so important swing states? well, we have. and i think if you look at the big four, where these voters are to be found, it s florida, ohio, virginia and north carolina. and if you look at every one. those, you know, ohio romney s trailing probably by an average of four points. but florida there s a new poll out this weekend, miami herald poll conducted by mason-dixon, it s 48 obama, 47 romney. and brad cokier, the pollster says ground game will decide it. virginia effectively tied. north carolina effectively tied. in every one. those states, greta, we believe we ll be able to increase the evangelical turnout from the 2008 baseline by an average of