News
2007-08-09
Gays more likely
to vote than straights
Gays and lesbians
turned out to vote in the 2004 national election
at a rate nearly double that of the national electorate
Gays and lesbians
turned out to vote in the 2004 national election
at a rate nearly double that of the national electorate
in certain cases, according to a study released by San
Francisco–based Community Marketing.
Ninety-two
percent of eligible gay men and 91% of lesbians cast their
ballot in the last presidential election. The number dropped
off a bit for the last midterm election: 84% of gays
and 78%of lesbians voted in 2006. The study did not
mention partisanship voting patterns.
Conversely, the
Study of the American Electorate stated that 61% of all
eligible Americans turned out for the 2004 election,
while 40% voted in 2006.
The figures
"demonstrate...that the political parties would be smart
to pay attention to the issues that mean the most to gay and
lesbian voters,” Tom Roth, president of
Community Marketing, said in an article on the Los
Angeles Times blog Top of the Ticket.
“We have far more at stake than the average voter,
and we’re therefore far more engaged in the
political process.” (The Advocate)
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