The Number OF LGBT+ People Supporting Trump Doubled Since 2016, Exit Polls Show

Early exit polls culled from The New York Times have shown that the number of LGBT+ people who support Donald Trump has doubled since the 2016 US elections, when he only managed to capture 14 percent of the demographic.

The ‘Times’, querying 15,590 people at polling places, early voting sites, and via phone calls, found that 28 percent of self-identified LGBT+ people supported Trump, while 61 percent went for Joe Biden (Biden is currently leading in the Electoral College and popular vote tallies). Clinton managed to nab 78 percent of the LGBT vote, according to national exit polls from 2016.

Although the numbers don't capture the full LGBTQ+ electorate — there are approximately 9 million registered LGBTQ+ voters in the U.S. — they are relatively surprising, as the ‘Advocate’ reports. Trump's presidency has been a disaster for the LGBT+ community, from banning trans people from the military to lending support to antigay cases at the Supreme Court to working to erase queers from the Census.

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