Before the 1992 Republican Convention in Houston the GOP had won 5 of the previous 6 Presidential elections. At the convention Pat Buchanan made his now famous speech basically declaring Holy war and the rest of the Religious right seemed to do all they could to scare moderate Americans away from the party.
Since then the Democrats have won the popular vote in 5 of 6 elections. These are the states the Dems. have won 6 out of 6, totaling 242 Electoral votes. Just 28 short of 270.
Women, once a swing vote, now vote mostly Democratic. Young people, upset that the GOP hates their gay friends, vote overwhelmingly Democratic. And Religious minorities, and those of no religion, are also very unlikely to vote for the GOP.
Even people who only 'Occasionally' go to Church backed Obama in 2012 55-43.
So is this my secular queer bias? Or is there something here?
Basically, yes. But I wouldn't say the GOP hates homosexuals; rather, people merely think they do.
