90% of GLBTs vote for Obama, helped the President win close election

The Community Marketing & Insights (CMI) pre-election poll showed that 90 percent of gay men and lesbians voted for Barack Obama.

The election poll of 6,625 GLBT United States citizens was administered Nov. 2-4 and responses were received from all 50 states. GLBTs represent an estimated five percent of United States voters and an overwhelming majority supported the coalition that produced Barack Obama?s victory. Ninety percent support for Obama was seen in all battleground states and the percentage was similar to the level Obama received from the African American community.

Demonstrating the importance of the election, 95 percent of GLBTs indicated they would vote in the election and 41 percent indicated? the had already voted before election day.

Final data indicated that 90 percent supported Barack Obama, six percent for Mitt Romney and four percent for a third party candidate.

GLBTs gave 41 percent of money to the Obama campaign.

Respondents were part of CMI?s international research panel of 70,000 GLBT people. Community Marketing is a an GLBT market research firm providing market intelligence and insights to more than 100 corporate brands globally.

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