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One In Five LGBTQ Adults Are Not Registered To Vote

A new study released last week by the University of California, Los Angeles’ Williams Institute shows 21% of LGBTQ adults aren’t registered to vote compared to an estimated 17% of non-LGBTQ adults. A 2019 national Williams Institute and Reuters/Ipsos poll showed there are nearly nine million LGBTQ adults are registered and eligible to vote in the 2020 general election. Half of registered LGBTQ voters (50%) are Democrats, 15% are Republicans, 22% are Independents, and 13% said they identify with another party or did not know with which party they most identify. While the current crop of Democratic presidential contenders support The Equality Act, which would add sexual orientation and gender identity to existing civil rights laws, if we don’t get LGBTQ citizens out to vote, the legislation will never become law.

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Poll: 72% Of LGBT Voters Support Hillary Clinton

The latest NBC News|SurveyMonkey Weekly Election Tracking Poll shows Democrat Hillary Clinton holds a wide lead when it comes to voter support in the LGBT community.

The survey indicates Clinton garners 72% of the LGBT vote compared to Donald Trump’s 20%.

Who the hell are these 20% folks? Seriously?

Not only has Trump wavered back and forth in regard to his support for LGBT issues, his running mate, Gov. Mike Pence, has a long history of supporting anti-LGBT positions and legislation. Among those dubious achievements are passing, then retreating from, a “religious freedom” bill in his state of Indiana which would have legalized LGBT discrimination.

Clinton still maintains a commanding lead when third party candidates Libertarian Gary Johnson and Green Party candidate Jill Stein are included in the poll. Clinton still receives 63% of registered LGBT voters support, while Trump drops to 15 percent support. Johnson almost ties Trump with 13 percent, and Stein follows down in single digits with 8%.

LGBT voters traditionally lean Democratic when voting in presidential elections. In the 2012 race for the White House, 5% of voters identified as LGBT to the NBC News exit polls, and of those 76% indicated they voted for President Obama.