Comments on: Trans voters excluded in election exit poll

By: Rusty Mae Moore

Rusty Mae Moore — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 20:26:43 +0000

@Bayne: Very interesting. I stand corrected. Thanks for posting this.

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Go Inside the Exit Polling of Gay Voters and Marriage Equality | — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 15:18:59 +0000

[...] New York Times and other media outlets indicated that 5% of voters were gay, lesbian or bisexual. (Voters weren’t asked whether they are transgender.) Of those, 76% voted for Obama. While that number is high, it’s also a six-percentage-point [...]

By: ad

ad — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 22:08:31 +0000

is this story a joke? nobody is being excluded from this pointless poll which is basically just a forecast for the real poll, they just aren’t /specifically segregating/ the poll numbers for trans people… plenty of other groups which are smaller or larger than the number of ‘trans’ people are also not being specifically segregated for analysis purposes. so what?

By: Bayne MacGregor

Bayne MacGregor — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 14:57:08 +0000

Rusty Mae Moore Small? Some estimates have Trans up to 10 times larger than gay or lesbian (the Australian figures put self-identified G&L at a mere 2%-3% of population) about equal with the broader same-sex attracted levels (Australian figures put that at 10%-20%, though most don't identify themselves as bisexual). And then there's the approximate 4% of live births who are Intersex. So whether it's the APAs conservative estimate of Trans at 3% of the population, UK figures suggesting more like 6%-10% or Thai figures of 10%-20% the conservative estimate is still as high or higher than the self-identified gays and lesbians. Course a whole lot of people want those people and the demographic numbers we have about them to stay deep in the closet… cause those numbers equal power.

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Trans voters excluded in election exit poll | Daily Queer News — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 12:59:00 +0000

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By: Rusty Mae Moore

Rusty Mae Moore — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 14:10:26 +0000

The number of trans people is probably small if "all LGBT" are 4% of voters, but it is of interest to see if "T" votes differently from "LGB". Just because data has been collected in one way in the past does not mean that it should not be collected differently in the future. After all, "T" people have existed in all societies throughout all history, so it is about time that someone aside from trans people noted this fact.

By: Monica Roberts

Monica Roberts — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 13:06:33 +0000

Hello, trans people vote and it's past time we be included in those stats..