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Related: About this forum"Poll: Missouri African Americans Make Huge Shift Toward Marriage Equality" ThinkProgress
Poll: Missouri African Americans Make Huge Shift Toward Marriage EqualityThinkProgress
http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2012/06/01/493933/poll-missouri-african-americans-make-huge-shift-toward-marriage-equality/
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A new Public Policy Polling poll finds that African-American voters in Missouri have shifted drastically on the question of same-sex marriage since they were last polled in January. They now support marriage equality 50-31, whereas before opposition was much stronger at 25-44, a 38 point shift. Missouri follows polls in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and nationally that all show African-American voters embracing marriage equality in the wake of President Obamas endorsement. In addition, 64 percent of all Missouri voters support legal recognition for same-sex couples through either marriage equality or civil unions.
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"Poll: Missouri African Americans Make Huge Shift Toward Marriage Equality" ThinkProgress (Original Post)
applegrove
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bluestateguy
(44,173 posts)2. MAY-be
You are talking about a small subsample of an already small sample size. Like about 65 respondents; hard to read too much into that, and a huge margin of error.
Zenlitened
(9,488 posts)3. See also "Pulpit, Bully - U.S. Presidents and"
The Presidency brings with it enormous opportunity not merely to be heard within the national dialog, but to lead it.
To shape the very terms and scope of the discussion.
Pres. Obama's decision to step forward now and tell it like it is... the impact goes far beyond Missouri.
HillWilliam
(3,310 posts)4. Any shift toward acceptance is welcomed
I've always believed that the divide between the LGBTQ community and the African-American community was an artificial construct. All of us together have more power to move forward against the tide of teabag hate.