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Offline Woody

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Re: Wrote a post for NoQuarter... wonder what you all thought of it?
« Reply #25 on: November 20, 2008, 01:16:22 AM »
That's why I said "up to".  I saw the range was 1-10%, so I used some weasel-words.  :naughty:  That's an interesting survey, but I do believe it's higher than 1%; surveys are notoriously bad at finding out things that people usually try to hide.  I don't think it's quite 10%, though; 3-5% sounds about right to me. 

When I was waiting tables, I noticed that gays tend to move to where they're more accepted; there were no gays working in the small town restaurants, but the big cities definitely had their share.
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Re: Wrote a post for NoQuarter... wonder what you all thought of it?
« Reply #26 on: November 21, 2008, 12:23:19 AM »
That's why I said "up to".  I saw the range was 1-10%, so I used some weasel-words.  :naughty:  That's an interesting survey, but I do believe it's higher than 1%; surveys are notoriously bad at finding out things that people usually try to hide.  I don't think it's quite 10%, though; 3-5% sounds about right to me. 

When I was waiting tables, I noticed that gays tend to move to where they're more accepted; there were no gays working in the small town restaurants, but the big cities definitely had their share.

That's pretty much where I would put it also. I doubt that it is close to 10%. I think you're right at between 3 and 5. So this brings us back to what exactly are we losing if only 3 to 5% of the voters are turned off to the GOP?

As a matter of fact, I know a couple of gay couples who vote GOP! So I think perhaps the vote cancells itself out.
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