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America elected a man who promised to roll back the rights of transgender people.
November 6, 2024
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The Advocate's LGBT Exit Poll
Did you vote today? If so, take The Advocate's completely non-scientific post-election exit poll.
November 6, 2012
Prop. 8 Exit Polling Off, Experts Say
A new study on Prop. 8 voting trends found that far fewer African Americans voted to pass the gay marriage ban than the 70% suggested by exit polling.
January 10, 2009
What Exit Polls Say About LGBT Voters, Equality
In 2014, marriage equality is even less of a wedge issue.
November 4, 2014
Go Inside the Exit Polling of Gay Voters and Marriage Equality
Exit polls have a lot to say about the role LGBT issues played in the election.
November 7, 2012
Our Exit Poll Finds LGBT Voters Cheering Hillary On in 2016
When The Advocate asked LGBT voters to fill out an online survey about the election, we couldn't help also throwing in a question about who you have in mind for 2016. The result isn't scientific. But one name stood out.
November 15, 2012
Exit Polls: Majority of GLB Voters in Calif., N.Y. Chose Clinton
Among many interesting developments last night, mainstream news organizations acknowledged that gay, lesbian, and bisexual voters exist and asked them to identify as such in exit polls. A solid majority of those polled in California and New York preferred that Sen. Hillary Clinton be their next president. The exit polling found that among the 4% of California voters who identified as GLB, 63% voted for Clinton, 29% for Obama, and 1% for Edwards. In New York, 7% of voters self-identified as GLB: 59% voted for Clinton, 36% for Obama, and 3% for Edwards.
February 7, 2008
LGBT Support for Trump Doubled Since 2016, Early Exit Polls Show
Was Trump's overt racism a draw to white queers?
November 4, 2020
Has Support for Marriage Equality Declined?
Exit poll numbers from this month's election indicated less support than other surveys -- but maybe because the electorate skewed Republican.
November 24, 2014
Florida's Amendment 2 Likely to Pass
The Miami Herald and CNN are both reporting that with nearly half of Florida's precincts reporting, Amendment 2 might well have the 60% majority required to pass. Despite tireless efforts by Equality Florida throughout the state, exit polls suggest the amendment, which would ban all legal unions not between a man and a woman, will pass.
November 5, 2008
Obama Wins South Carolina in Racially Charged Primary
Landslide margins among black voters powered Barack Obama to his win Saturday in South Carolina's Democratic presidential primary, allowing him to overcome the telling edge Hillary Rodham Clinton and John Edwards had among whites. Blacks made up 55% of the voters in Saturday's contest, slightly more than turned out in the state's primary four years ago and by far their biggest share in any presidential contest so far this year. Obama won 78% of their votes, with black men and women supporting the Illinois senator by about that same margin, according to exit polls of Democratic voters conducted Saturday for the Associated Press and the networks.
January 29, 2008
Poll: Only 2.9% of Americans Are LGB
Hunter College released a new LGB-specific poll that reveals fresh insights about the LGB population, how its men and women differ, and an emerging generational divide.
May 1, 2008