Just 21 percent of self-described homosexual, bisexual, or transsexual Americans support the Republican Party, according to a new Gallup poll. Sixty-three percent of the same population supports Democrats.
The numbers are sharply different than those identifying as non-LGBT -- 42 percent of Americans are Republican or Republican-leaning, while 44 percent of heterosexual Americans support the Democratic Party.
Similar differences exist for support for how President Obama is doing his job. Sixty-one percent of LGBT Americans approve of the job he is doing, compared to 33 percent who do not. Forty-two percent of non-LGBT Americans support the president, while 53 percent do not.
Only 20 percent of LGBT Americans say they are conservative, compared to 38 percent of heterosexual Americans, and 46 percent are liberal, compared to 23 percent of heterosexual Americans.
Despite their low support for the GOP, Americans who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transsexual have long had influence …More