NBC/WSJ poll: Obama's gay-marriage announcement a 'draw'
Two weeks after President Obama announced he supports gay marriage, a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll shows that his announcement -- politically -- looks to be a wash.
In the poll, a combined 17 percent say it makes them "much more likely" or "somewhat more likely" they will vote for him. That's compared with a combined 20 percent who say the announcement will make them more likely to vote for Mitt Romney, who opposes gay marriage.
Perhaps more importantly, 62 percent say the president's support for gay marriage doesn't make a difference in their vote -- including 75 percent of independents, 76 percent of moderates, 81 percent of African Americans, and 65 percent of residents in the Midwest.
"From my distance, it looks more like a voting draw than anything else," says Democratic pollster Peter D. Hart, who conducted the survey with Republican pollster Bill McInturff.
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Anti-gay spokespeople (Maggie Gallagher, Brian Brown, etc.) have been in the media for the last couple of weeks repeatedly claiming that Obama's "evolution" spells certain doom for his chances at reelection in November. But the collective response on the part of American voters has been "meh." That's a positive, in my book.
