Poll: Independents OK with gay candidates
From GayPolitics.com
The nation’s largest voting block appears to be pretty comfortable with openly gay political candidates, according to new a poll.
Public Policy Polling finds 71 percent of Independent voters say they could vote for an openly gay political candidate. In fact, 8 percent said that fact would make them more likely to vote for the candidate, while 63 percent said a candidate’s homosexuality wouldn’t make a difference to them. Just 29 percent said it would make them less likely to vote for a candidate.
Among Republicans, the poll found 53 percent would be less likely to vote for a candidate they knew to be gay, with 38 percent saying it wouldn’t make a difference and 9 percent saying they’d be more likely to vote for a gay candidate.
