Barack Obama speaks at a press conference at the closing of the NATO summit on May 21, 2012 at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois. As sixty heads of state converge for the two day summit that will address the situation in Afghanistan among other global defense issues, thousands of demonstrators have taken the streets to protest. (Photo by John Gress/Getty Images)

“Middle-class white voters who say they are struggling to maintain their financial positions chose Romney over Obama by a large margin — 58 percent to 32 percent,” reports the Washington Post.

Obama’s team must either figure out how to appeal to these voters or win the election without them, with Obama maintaining stronger numbers among minorities, women and voters under 30.

This data is not surprising; Obama struggled with this voting bloc in 2008 and still won.