Dean First Choice For Gays Straw Poll Shows

(Washington, D.C.) A survey taken at Pride events in three major cities shows that former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean has emerged as the most favored candidate by gays and lesbians.

The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force randomly surveyed 1,471 participants at Gay Pride events in Los Angeles, New York City and Washington, DC in June.

Thirty-two percent of those planning to vote in the Democratic Primary said they would support Dean.

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Only 5% of respondents said they planned to vote for President George W. Bush in the 2004 election. In fact, a higher percentage plans to vote for a third party candidate (12%) than to re-elect Bush. Three in four (76%) plan to vote for the Democratic nominee. Seven percent are undecided.

The number of respondents saying they would support President Bush is significantly lower than exit polls during the 2000 race. In the 2000 Bush/Gore contest, he received one in four gay votes, according to Voter News Service exit poll data

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I noticed a lot of Dean activists out and about. Other than Dean, the only one I noticed else with a campaign presence with Kucinich. No one else... that I saw anyway. That's too bad. These events are BIG... and this year's pride events were especially important in the aftermath of the Supreme Court victory and the Canadian marriage victory, and with the hard fight ahead.