A new poll shows that Vice President Harris has a large lead over former President Trump among LGBTQ voters, with more than 70% of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer voters saying they would vote for the Democratic candidate.
A poll released Tuesday by the Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest LGBTQ advocacy group, showed Harris trailing Trump by about 67 points, and about 70 points among likely voters.
The data collection began two weeks after President Biden abandoned his reelection campaign to endorse Ms. Harris and just days after she chose Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, a longtime advocate for LGBTQ rights, as her running mate. Survey responses were recorded about a week before independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suspended his campaign to endorse Mr. Trump.
Among those who plan to vote in this year's presidential election, about 8% said they would vote for Trump and his running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, while 77% said they would vote for Harris and Walz. The remaining LGBTQ adults said they would support a third-party candidate or had no plans to vote in November.
The poll reflects the attitudes of approximately 2,500 LGBTQ voters nationwide.
Among LGBTQ adults surveyed, an astounding 95 percent said they were registered to vote in this year's election, much higher than the general population and consistent with past findings that LGBTQ Americans tend to be more politically active.
in 2022 Survey Among more than 92,000 transgender adults who were eligible to vote, more than 80% said they were registered to vote in the last presidential election in 2020. Seventy-five percent said they voted that year, well above the national average of 67% and the highest turnout in the 21st century.
More than 93% of LGBTQ Americans surveyed on Tuesday said they are intent on voting in November, including 73% who said they are “very” intent to vote. About 60% of LGBTQ adults in Gen Z said they are intent on voting, as well as 72% of millennials and 91% of Gen Xers.
Shoshana K. Goldberg, director of public education and research at the Human Rights Campaign, said the findings underscore the political influence of LGBTQ voters. Played an important role To send Biden and Harris to the White House in 2020.
“Make no mistake, LGBTQ+ voters will continue to use the ballot box to demand their right to live and thrive free from discrimination in this election and beyond,” Goldberg said in a statement on Tuesday.
The poll found that advancing LGBTQ equality and fighting anti-LGBTQ laws was a top priority for LGBTQ voters, with about 52% of respondents listing it as their top voting issue.
Abortion and reproductive rights came in second with 47%, while roughly a third of LGBTQ voters said justice reform was one of their top priorities. Thirty-one percent said inflation was a major concern, and 27% said Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation's blueprint for the next Conservative government, was their main motivation for heading to the polls.
