Tag Archives: election 2012
Breaking news: first openly bisexual person elected to Congress
TweetThe election was too close to call before, but as of today, Kyrsten Sinema has defeated Tea Partier Vernon Parker in Arizona’s 9th Congressional District. Sinema is the only openly bisexual person in the Senate or the House, though she joins fellow LGBT officials like Senator Tammy Baldwin, and Reps. Jared Polis of Colorado, David [...]
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Race and the gender gap: White women supported Romney by 56 to 42 percent
TweetAccording to exit poll headlines, “women” helped carry Obama to victory. Indeed, women overall did favor the president over Romney by 55 percent to 44 percent. But women–who make up 53 percent of the electorate–compose a pretty large and diverse group. Slicing and dicing the data gives us a clearer picture of exactly which women [...]
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Meet Tammy Baldwin, your first-ever openly gay Senator
Tweet “It’s incredible being given the opportunity to shatter glass ceilings but the more important focus is making sure we are creating a path many more will follow. I might not have aspired to public office if women and openly gay and lesbian candidates hadn’t run before me and shown me that doing so was [...]
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Reason #16 to GOTV: This guy needs your vote
Tweet And how can you resist that smile? I mean, you are a hormonal lady after all. Tweet
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Breaking: Mitt Romney is still a jerk