HRC: The Gays Won It For Obama
The Human Rights Campaign sends us this analysis:
Total Americans votingDiscuss!
120,871,984
Total LGB voters (5% of electorate)
6,043,599
President Obama’s national popular vote (51% of all voters)
62,088,847
President Obama’s national popular vote margin over Mitt Romney
3,305,710
LGB votes for President Obama (76% of total LGB votes)
4,593,136
President Obama’s LGB votes if the demographic group only voted for him at the national average of 51%
3,082,235
Additional LGB votes President Obama received above the 51% national average
1,510,901
Percent of President Obama’s national popular vote margin due to LGB voters
45.7%
Labels: 2012 elections, Barack Obama, HRC