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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Tue Feb 17, 2015, 01:55 PM Feb 2015

Half of GOP Voters No Longer Opposed to Gay Marriage

Source: PoliticalWire/WashPost

The latest NBC News/Marist polls show that about half of likely GOP caucus and primary voters in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina said they find opposition to gay marriage either “mostly” or “totally” unacceptable in a candidate.

“Voters in all three states find a candidate who supports gay marriage to be about as amenable as one who doesn’t toe the party line on any of these issues.”

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Read more: http://politicalwire.com/2015/02/17/half-gop-voters-no-longer-opposed-gay-marriage/

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Half of GOP Voters No Longer Opposed to Gay Marriage (Original Post) DonViejo Feb 2015 OP

What difference does it make? titaniumsalute Feb 2015 #1

a big difference Enrique Feb 2015 #4

Once half of GOP voters realize that GOP politicians don't care what voters think, Thor_MN Feb 2015 #2

+1 C Moon Feb 2015 #3

One less carrot to dangle in front of the base every election cycle Roland99 Feb 2015 #5

I'm old. I have been watching this GOP craziness for a long time. One of these days, not too long AlinPA Feb 2015 #6

titaniumsalute

(4,742 posts)

1. What difference does it make?

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Tue Feb 17, 2015, 02:04 PM

Feb 2015

Most of the GOP kowtows to the most extreme right in the party...

Enrique

(27,461 posts)

4. a big difference

Reply to titaniumsalute (Reply #1)

Tue Feb 17, 2015, 02:46 PM

Feb 2015

they put their eggs in that basket when the issue worked in their favor. Now they are desperate to get rid of it.

Thor_MN

(11,843 posts)

2. Once half of GOP voters realize that GOP politicians don't care what voters think,

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Tue Feb 17, 2015, 02:06 PM

Feb 2015

Then we can make some progress. Until then GOP politicians will be throwing up roadblocks. Is it June yet?

C Moon

(12,221 posts)

3. +1

Reply to Thor_MN (Reply #2)

Tue Feb 17, 2015, 02:36 PM

Feb 2015

Roland99

(53,342 posts)

5. One less carrot to dangle in front of the base every election cycle

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Tue Feb 17, 2015, 03:18 PM

Feb 2015

AlinPA

(15,071 posts)

6. I'm old. I have been watching this GOP craziness for a long time. One of these days, not too long

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Tue Feb 17, 2015, 04:07 PM

Feb 2015

from now, I think this issue is going to go away. With a lot of pain, we are making progress, v-e-r-y s-l-o-w-l-y.

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