Wednesday, August 8, 2007

Yep, The Gays Do Vote

Most of us gays probably know this; but, guess what? We vote. And in much largerer numbers than straight poeple.

According to the LA Times via DailyKos:

It is a perennial complaint, heard election after election: Too many Americans don't vote. But based on a massive new survey, one segment of the population surely must be excluded from this rebuke --- gays.

The study this spring by San Francisco-based Community Marketing Inc. found that an eye-popping 92.5% of gay men reported that they voted in the 2004 presidential race, and almost 84% said they cast ballots in the 2006 midterm election. Among lesbians, the results were almost as impressive; nearly 91% said they voted in 2004; for the midterm, the figure was 78%.

By comparsion, the Washington-based Committee for the Study of the American Electorate put the turnout for all Americans eligible to vote at about 61% in 2004 and roughly 40% in 2006.

So the next time some of you Democrat politicians decide to betray us (looks at the Clintons) remember this article.

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