The presidential election is less than 100 days away, and leaders are wasting no time trying to gain and keep supporters.
One vote that both the Republican nominee, former President Donald Trump, and Vice President Kamala Harris, who’s all but secured the Democratic nomination, are vying for is that of the LGBTQ+ community.
A poll conducted by Pathfinder Opinion Research after the 2020 election found 93% of LGBTQ+ registered voters submitted a ballot, and Sarah Kate Ellis, president and CEO of the nonprofit LGBTQ+ advocacy organization GLAAD, told Scripps News that GLAAD’s recent polling of LGBTQ voters revealed 94% said they are definitely, or probably voting this year.
That makes the community a potential deciding factor in the 2024 election, according to Ellis, and as of now, she said there’s one side that appears to have more of its support.
On the Democrat’s side, 81% of the 2020 election survey respondents voted …