70 of americans okay with a gay president

Mr Buttigieg is showing that a gay man can make a serious run for the presidency. To put that in perspective, less than half - 45 per cent - of Americans hope that the United States would elect a female president in their lifetime, according to a Pew Research Centre survey.

See more on. Support for LGBTQ rights is dropping among Republicans - and the Supreme Court is being reshaped in ways that could make future victories harder to come by and past progress harder to maintain. As acceptance of LGBTQ people has grown, LGBTQ candidates can be open and honest about their lives from the beginning, allowing them to control the narrative and focus on the issues they want to talk about.

And he has seen a recent uptick in the polls. According to a recent NBC-Wall Street Journal poll, nearly 70 per cent of Americans said they would be either enthusiastic or comfortable with a candidate who is gay or lesbian. A majority of Americans say they’re just fine with a gay candidate.

Choose edition. But that doesn't totally explain the pivot. Mr Drew Goins, an opinion writer for The Washington Post, wrote that gay candidates seeking high offices still face very real challenges: "The idea that it's not hard to be gay in America is ludicrous.

Millennials are the largest voting bloc in the country, and it's easy to attribute the attitudinal change primarily to these younger voters, who generally have more liberal positions on social issues. This week, as Democratic lawmakers in North Carolina struggle to advance a bill extending non-discrimination protections to LGBTQ citizens, a poll shows nearly 70 percent of Americans would be comfortable with a gay or lesbian president.

There's been only one openly gay man elected governor and no such senators Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin is the chamber's lone lesbian, and Arizona's Kyrsten Sinema is bisexuallet alone president. The United States is still new to marriage equality.

According to a recent NBC-Wall Street Journal poll, nearly 70 per cent of Americans said they would be either enthusiastic or comfortable with a candidate who is gay or lesbian. Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inbox.

However, today a majority of Americans say they're fine with an LGBT presidential candidate, according to the latest NBC/Wall Street Journal poll. A combined 68 percent are either enthusiastic (14 percent) or comfortable (54 percent) with a candidate who is gay or lesbian.

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According to NBC: "While seniors are more likely to voice reservations about gay candidates, a majority 56 per cent now say they have no objections. Back to top. That's up from just 31 per cent in To those who have fought for equal rights for the LGBT community for decades - this year is the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, largely viewed as the beginning of the gay rights movement - this change in the public's support is considered progress.

Reportedly 54 percent of people said they were "comfortable" with a gay president, while 14 percent said they were enthusiastic, making for a combined support of 68 percent. A recent poll shows one more issue illustrative of this trend: Voters have become much more accepting of gay Americans seeking the highest office in the land.

The portion of Americans satisfied with the country's attitudes toward gay and lesbian people in the United States has dipped to the lowest levels in more than a decade, just as President Donald. As recently aswhen the millennial mayor was 24, most Americans said they would be "very uncomfortable" or have "reservations" about a gay person running for president.

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There was a time when South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg's sexuality - he is gay - would have made him unelectable in many parts of the country. But others argue that it should not be interpreted as a place of arrival. While his sexuality will surely turn off some voters, some of the hurdles have been knocked down, allowing him to focus on the issues that matter most - and not his sexuality - to those he hopes to lead.

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