More bad news for rightwing Evangelical wing nuts in American politics. Americans are getting real tired of their shit. At least according to a new survey conducted by the Wall Street Journal and NBC News.
The survey, which was taken last month, asked 1,000 adults living in the U.S. if they would be okay with having a gay or lesbian presidential candidate. 61 percent said yes, they’d be fine with it.
When asked if they would be okay with an evangelical Christian running for president, however, and only 52 percent said yes. (Whomp, whomp.)
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According to the survey, the number of Americans who approve of having a presidential candidate from the LGBT community has seen an 18-point improvement since 2006, when only 43 percent of Americans said they’d support a gay or lesbian person running for the Oval Office.
Paired with the fact that the majority of Americans also support same-sex marriage and we’d say the problem conservatives have been having with courting new voters in recent years is only going to get worse.
Dennis C. McGrath
Well if that’s the choice heck yes . I might roll with insane gay candidate too
1EqualityUSA
I should hope so and the White House will have not have had style like this since Kennedy was President. I can see it now, clean lines, snappy hair, and deconstructed American favorites served, made healthier through freshness and simplicity. I hope I live long enough to see an out president, male or female.
Realitycheck
This is a nice surprise.
Dennis Sandoval
well duh. no one wants crazy in office.
billeetee
And it just seems to keep ‘going our way’! This is the proof that there IS intelligence out there, no matter what the Teapubicans and Haters try to ‘spin’.
Giancarlo85
Where is wagnerwallace and all the other demented gay republicans? This is bad news for them. Now a republican really won’t get elected.
jason smeds
Well, there are crazy gay guys around. I suspect if you put the word “nuts” in front of “gay guy”, many people would not approve of him as President.
Blackceo
What kind of dumb ass survey is this? Put sane vs insane no matter the category and I’d hope sane wins regardless of anything.
Saint Law
@jason smeds: But enough about you. What did you think of the article?
Giancarlo85
@jason smeds: Wow. That’s sad. You would never get elected then.
Dennis Richards
Well …. that still leaves a significant group of Americans who are relaxed about having an insane president?
Gene Rac
Hmm
Billy Budd
That woman Sarah Palin was kind of insane, no?
Giancarlo85
@Billy Budd: John McCain had dementia too. But the republicans love senile politicians. Everyone from Daddy Bush to that criminal Reagan… and Dubya had an early onset of dementia.
Republicans love their insane and senile nuts… so they can push insane and downright stupid policies, like their disastrous shit economic record.
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Grant Mealey
Thank buddah for that !! ð???
Fidel Lee
thank goodness!!!!