New Statistics Out On Percentage Of American Society That Identify as LGB
Pams House blend May 02 08The Advocate has a article out on a new Hunter College poll, entitled Poll: Only 2.9% of Americans Are LGB.
Hunter College released the results of a groundbreaking poll Wednesday that found only 2.9% of Americans older than 18 identify as LGB, lower than the 4%-5% often cited in voter exit polls.
Professor Patrick Egan of New York University, one of the poll's authors, explained that exit polls generally provide an over-representative sample of LGBs. "Exit polls are based on voters -- the people who show up at the polls. Gays and lesbians vote much more consistently than the general population," Egan said. Full story...
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