April 2, 2019

Majority of Americans comfortable with a gay candidate for president

The Hill -  An NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, which was first published in March and has gained new attention with Buttigieg's rise, shows that Americans' attitudes toward a gay presidential candidate have changed drastically over the last decade.

The survey found that 54 percent of Americans said they would be comfortable with a gay or lesbian person running for president. An additional 14 percent said that they would be "enthusiastic" about a gay or lesbian candidate.

That represents a huge contrast from a similar poll conducted in 2006, which found that more than 50 percent of Americans either had "reservations" about or were "very uncomfortable" with a gay person running for president.

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