Adam Griffin
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« Reply #1 on: July 19, 2014, 12:48:12 PM » |
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I actually stand by my initial projection (it wasn't entirely in jest). I'll just say this: throughout all of my socializing locally, I've never met one Republican gay male - and I live in one of the most Republican regions in the country. Anecdotal, I know...but considering how often I discuss politics with those who want to and those who don't, I really think I'd have stumbled across one by now if the national numbers were anywhere close to majority-Republican. Based on some of the assertions I've seen above, something like two-thirds of gay males in my city would be Republican.
In the city, it's a different story. There are plenty of rich gay males who vote Republican - Atlanta is filled with them. I'd actually love to do a poll; I bet you'd find that gays in urban areas are more Republican (maybe even majority?) than gays in rural or suburban areas (due to wealth/less likelihood of experiencing overt discrimination from Republicans and the public at-large).
I'll also generalize a bit in saying that due to less cultural and social machismo, there's probably not anywhere near as big of a divide between male and female political persuasion in the LG community. Gay men are likely in the high 60s (D) and gay women in the high 70s.
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