Research and Polling

Conducted by Zogby America of Likely Voters

If an openly gay or lesbian candidate were to run for state legislature in your district and they were the candidate that most shared your views on political issues would you vote for them?

	Definitely/ Probably (%)	Definitely (%)	Probably (%)	Probably Not (%)	Definitely Not (%)	Not Sure (%)
All	70.8	45.2	25.6	11.5	14.9	2.9
Men	69.6	44.9	24.7	12.6	16.3	1.5
Women	71.8	45.4	26.4	10.4	13.5	4.2
Democrat	77.6	52.8	24.8	8.6	10.7	3.1
Republican	58.6	34.3	24.3	17	22.1	2.3
Independent	78.7	50.4	28.3	7.1	10.6	3.6
Progressive	84.5	70.7	13.8	.5	11.1	4
Liberal	84.6	68.8	15.8	4.2	8.7	2.5
Moderate	81.2	48.5	32.7	7.6	9.3	1.9
Conservative	59	30.4	28.6	19.3	18.8	3

Would you  . . . continue to vote for an incumbent politician who shares your views if you later found out that person was gay or lesbian?

	Definitely/ Probably (%)	Definitely (%)	Probably (%)	Probably Not (%)	Definitely Not (%)	Not Sure (%)
All	74.4	51.2	23.2	10.7	11.2	3.7
Men	72	46.9	25.1	12	13.3	2.7
Women	76.6	55.1	21.5	9.5	9.3	4.6
Democrat	80.1	56.9	23.2	5.6	9.8	4.5
Republican	65.1	38.4	26.7	15.6	14.9	4.4
Independent	79.8	61.6	18.2	10.6	8.1	1.5
Progressive	91.9	81.4	10.5		7.2	.8
Liberal	84.8	67.1	17.7	6.4	8	.8
Moderate	83.5	54.7	28.8	7.9	4.6	4
Conservative	64.8	39	25.8	16.3	14.9	4

Let me read you the opinions of two people. One person says that a gay candidate does not share our values and would focus too much on gay issues. Another says sexual orientation is not important to the job as long as the candidate has a strong record of getting things done for everyone in the community. Do you…

	Strongly agree that gay candidate does not share values (%)	Somewhat agree that gay candidate does not share values (%)	Somewhat/ Strongly agree that orientation not important (%)	Somewhat agree that orientation not important (%)	Strongly agree that orientation not important (%)	Neither (%)
All	13.2	8.6	72.1	24.7	47.4	6
Men	15.3	8.3	71.7	30	41.7	4.8
Women	11.4	8.9	72.5	20	52.5	7.2
Democrat	8	6.1	80.8	20.4	60.4	5.1
Republican	19.6	12.1	60.8	27.9	32.9	8.4
Independent	11.3	7.3	77.3	27.3	50	4.1
Progressive	13.9	1.8	83.3	1.3	82	1.1
Liberal	7.2	4.2	86.7	17.7	69	1.9
Moderate	4.6	9.6	83.1	27	56.1	2.6
Conservative	24.1	9	58.6	26.8	31.8	8.3

Let me read you the opinions of two people. One person says that a lesbian candidate does not share our values and would focus too much on gay issues. Another says sexual orientation is not important to the job as long as the candidate has a strong record of getting things done for everyone in the community. Do you…