GAYS HOPE TO SWAY CLOSE ELECTIONS: From the Washington Times

Homosexual voters are expected to flock to the polls on Tuesday in a bid to tip as many close elections as they can to the Democrats, with presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry likely to get 90 percent of their vote. ...

According to a decade of exit polls by the defunct Voter News Service, between 4 percent and 5 percent of voters identify themselves as homosexuals--more than enough to sway a close election, especially when homosexuals are likely to register and vote as Democrats.

For example, a survey of 8,000 homosexuals released this month by GLCensus Partners at Syracuse University in New York found that, of registered voters, more than 90 percent of lesbians and nearly 89 percent of homosexual men said they would vote for Mr. Kerry.

Support for Mr. Kerry was particularly strong among homosexuals aged 55 or older, those in partnered relationships and those who were wealthier. More than 90 percent of homosexuals with household incomes of more than $100,000 were Kerry supporters, the survey said.

Mr. Kerry has been a disappointment to homosexual activists because he, like President Bush, opposes full "marriage" rights for same-sex couples, even though he represents the only state in the nation that is performing same-sex "marriages."

Most activist groups, however, have set aside their dismay and gone all out for the Democratic ticket. ...

Homosexual support for Mr. Bush "is likely to be in the single digits," unlike the 2000 election, when he got 25 percent, or more than 1 million homosexual votes, said Chris Barron, political director of Log Cabin Republicans, a group that represents homosexual Republicans.

The "deal breaker" is Mr. Bush's support for a federal marriage amendment and the Republicans' use of it as a campaign issue, Mr. Barron said yesterday, noting that the marriage issue overrode other concerns such as the war in Iraq or tax policies.

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