Poll finds surprising amount of support for an LGBT President

Kelly Harry
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Poll Finds LGBT Presidential Candidate Will Fair Better Than An Evangelical
Poll Finds LGBT Presidential Candidate Will Fair Better Than An Evangelical


Could you handle a queer commander and chief? According to a Wall Street Journal NBC poll, Americans will be more comfortable with an LGBT presidential candidate in apposed to an Evangelical Christian one.

Sixty-one percent of participants said that they would be enthusiastic of comfortable with a gay or lesbian candidate, while only 52% will be comfortable with an Evangelical. Less than a decade ago in 2006, a same survey found that only 43% of Americans would support an LGBT candidate.

The results revealed that Americans are actually quite open to having a gay presidential candidate.

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