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Conservatives may have another problem wooing Hispanic voters.
Latino voters are more likely than the electorate in general to support gay marriage, according to exit polls reported by ABC News. The change, which other polling has tracked over the last year, indicates that the fast-growing Latino population may play a pivotal role in expanding gay marriage across the country.
According to ABC:
Nearly six-in-ten Latino voters (59%) said their state should legally recognize same-sex marriage while 32% said their state should not. But among all voters, about half (48%) favored legalization of gay marriage while nearly the same share said they would oppose it (47%).
Non-Hispanic whites were the most opposed to states legally sanctioning same-sex marriage (47% favored but 50% were opposed).
The news poses a problem for conservative opponents of gay marriage who had hoped their view would resonate with Latinos because of the communitys often talked about love for, "traditional family values." While opposition to gay marriage remains dominant among Latino evangelicals, the mainstream opinion among Hispanics appears to be evolving toward acceptance of same-sex couples.
In Latin America, gay marriage has also gained wider acceptance in recent years. Uruguay, Argentina and Mexico City all legalized gay marriage, while countries like Colombia and Brazil have taken steps to extend rights to same-sex civil unions.
Latinos arent alone -- exit polls showed a slight majority of black voters, 52 percent, also supported gay marriage. Last week, African Americans played a key role in passing Marylands gay marriage law, with 46 percent of black voters supporting the measure, according to The Washington Post. While that may not seem like much, its a big change from 2008, when 70 percent of black voters favored banning gay marriage in California.
For the past 15-20 years the Republicans anti gay marriage platform has been a bedrook of their ideology and has brought tens of millions of them out to vote. Now there has been a dramatic change in voters opinion on gay marriage. Its a virtual collapse of the anti gay marriage numbers.
The Republicans still don't understand why they don't get hispanic votes seeming to believe stereotypical views of hispanics as "macho" and "family values". Turns out hispanics have been highly politicized over the past 15 years. Which is normal when one of the two political parties has run on a platform that says you are demons who are destroying America.
And, black people who used to be against gay marriage by a lot are now for it. I guess when the political party that hates gay marriage tries to keep you from voting you find common ground with gay marriage supporters. The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
And the wonderful part of the story is that with young people so overwhelmingly for gay marriage the numbers will be even more pro gay marriage every year.
What's a Republican who hates fags going to do?
Conservatives may have another problem wooing Hispanic voters.
Latino voters are more likely than the electorate in general to support gay marriage, according to exit polls reported by ABC News. The change, which other polling has tracked over the last year, indicates that the fast-growing Latino population may play a pivotal role in expanding gay marriage across the country.
According to ABC:
Nearly six-in-ten Latino voters (59%) said their state should legally recognize same-sex marriage while 32% said their state should not. But among all voters, about half (48%) favored legalization of gay marriage while nearly the same share said they would oppose it (47%).
Non-Hispanic whites were the most opposed to states legally sanctioning same-sex marriage (47% favored but 50% were opposed).
The news poses a problem for conservative opponents of gay marriage who had hoped their view would resonate with Latinos because of the communitys often talked about love for, "traditional family values." While opposition to gay marriage remains dominant among Latino evangelicals, the mainstream opinion among Hispanics appears to be evolving toward acceptance of same-sex couples.
In Latin America, gay marriage has also gained wider acceptance in recent years. Uruguay, Argentina and Mexico City all legalized gay marriage, while countries like Colombia and Brazil have taken steps to extend rights to same-sex civil unions.
Latinos arent alone -- exit polls showed a slight majority of black voters, 52 percent, also supported gay marriage. Last week, African Americans played a key role in passing Marylands gay marriage law, with 46 percent of black voters supporting the measure, according to The Washington Post. While that may not seem like much, its a big change from 2008, when 70 percent of black voters favored banning gay marriage in California.
For the past 15-20 years the Republicans anti gay marriage platform has been a bedrook of their ideology and has brought tens of millions of them out to vote. Now there has been a dramatic change in voters opinion on gay marriage. Its a virtual collapse of the anti gay marriage numbers.
The Republicans still don't understand why they don't get hispanic votes seeming to believe stereotypical views of hispanics as "macho" and "family values". Turns out hispanics have been highly politicized over the past 15 years. Which is normal when one of the two political parties has run on a platform that says you are demons who are destroying America.
And, black people who used to be against gay marriage by a lot are now for it. I guess when the political party that hates gay marriage tries to keep you from voting you find common ground with gay marriage supporters. The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
And the wonderful part of the story is that with young people so overwhelmingly for gay marriage the numbers will be even more pro gay marriage every year.
What's a Republican who hates fags going to do?
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