LGBT Support for Obama Rises, Could Tip Election

[William769]

LGBT voters, who could make the difference in the close presidential race, support President Obama in even greater numbers than they did earlier this year, according to a new poll.

The Harris Interactive poll, conducted for the Logo TV network late last month, found that after the last presidential debate, 72% of likely LGBT voters favored the president, up from 65% in the previous Harris/Logo survey in August. Support for Mitt Romney declined slightly, from 21% to 20%.

“The movement toward Obama is mostly a shift of LGBT voters who were unsure on the initial vote in August (9%) who have now moved to Obama,” the Harris report says. “If Election Day is as narrow as many are predicting, Romney’s inability to turn these unsure LGBT voters to his candidacy could mean the difference between victory and defeat.”

Among the general population, support for Obama slipped somewhat since August, when Harris found 44% favored him and 39% backed Romney. The more recent numbers were 41% for Obama and 43% for Romney.

http://www.advocate.com/politics/election/2012/11/02/lgbt-support-obama-rises-and-could-tip-election

[geek tragedy]

1. 20% must hate taxes more than they value their own civil rights. nt

[ashtonelijah]

2. Most of the gay republicans I know are rich

And believe Obama will take away their money. These people generally have no interest in love or marriage and just want money, money, money.

[dsc]

3. It is mostly money

some racism (yes there are sadly some racist gays) and some gays are very anti abortion. I would say that the 20 probably breaks down as 10 money, 5 racism and 5 anti abortion.

[geek tragedy]

5. anti-choice gays? I guess they favor some forms of patriarchal intrusions on liberty

but not others.

[dsc]

9. some feel that life begins at conception

and others know in their hearts of hearts that their parents would have aborted them had they known they would turn out gay.

[William769]

8. Sadly, you are correct.

[Firebirds01]

6. There gets to be a point where if youre rich enough

the normal social issues no longer affect you. It is much, much easier to live in a wealthy gated community and be gay than it is to live in a small town with a low median household income. When you are rich, your neighbors dont care if you're gay or muslim or had an abortion or whatever. The rich dangle these social problems in front of people with real economic concerns and tell them that the social problems ARE the reason they arent rich.

I imagine the gay people who vote republicans do care when working class gay kids are getting bullied in school and committing suicide; but they sure arent willing to sacrifice a few more percentages in income tax to elect people who would push for equality.


Case in point: Romney said during the campaign that while growing up, " My friends cared more about what sports teams we followed than what church we went to."

At the same time black churches were being blown up and burned all across the south. Kennedy had to go in front of Baptist ministers and swear that he would be loyal to the Country and not the pope. When you are rich and surround yourself in that environment, the cultural rules are no longer applicable.

[scheming daemons]

4. LGBT is only about 5% of the population. So even if they voted for Obama 100% this time...

.. if wouldn't move the nationaly needle more than 1%.

[William769]

7. This election 1% could mean the difference between a win or a loss.

Just saying.

Florida is a perfect example of how the LGBT vote is in play in a very big way.