LGBTQ voters overwhelmingly voted for Democrats, says Human Rights Campaign

LGBTQ voters and their allies overwhelmingly voted for Democratic candidates in this year’s midterm elections, dissuaded from voting for Republicans whose campaign platforms included attacks against LGBTQ people and spread misinformation about transgender athletes and health care.

In a poll released Thursday by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), more than half of voters surveyed by the group said they were motivated by record-high inflation to cast a ballot in the midterms this year. Another 29 percent said they turned out to vote to have a greater say in their state’s abortion laws.

Less than five percent of voters said gender-affirming care for transgender youth or transgender participation in sports motivated them to vote, even as Republicans funneled millions into television and radio ads that accused Democrats of indoctrinating children and trying to “turn boys into girls.”

“Republicans lost because they nominated extreme candidates, conspiracy theorists, and far-right radicals who advocated extreme positions, including attacks on an LGBTQ+ community that grows more politically powerful every election cycle,” HRC Interim President Joni Madison said Thursday.

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