Obama: “I’m a ‘Fierce Advocate’ for Gay and Lesbians" (2009)

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15. A few more facts for you Manny.

As I said Obama's achievement was carrying the African American and Latino communities with him.

Polls show a mixed picture for legalizing gay marriage

President Obama appears to have gone against the safest read of polling data on gay marriage, with support for legalization underwater in a handful of swing states and among key Obama constituencies like Hispanics and black voters.

http://www.politico.com/politico44/2012/05/polls-show-a-mixed-picture-for-legalizing-gay-marriage-122984.html

Poll: Majority Of Blacks Support Gay Marriage After Obama's Endorsement

The expected backlash among blacks to President Obama’s endorsement of same-sex marriage has yet to materialize. And a new Washington Post-ABC survey suggests that black opinion is very quickly moving the other way, with a majority of African Americans now saying they support same-sex marriage.

Fifty-nine percent of blacks now say they support same-sex marriage, an 18-point jump since the president's announcement of his own support two weeks ago. Fifty-three percent of Americans now believe that same-sex marriage should be legalized, which also marks a substantial spike since 2006, when just 39 percent of those polled thought it should be legalised.Public Policy Polling also released a poll showing an 11-point jump in support among black voters in North Carolina on the issue of gay marriage. The poll came just days after the Tar Heel state voted to approve a constitutional amendment that banned gay marriage. Two-thirds of black voters reportedly voted for the measure (to ban marriage equality.

Black voters have been targeted by groups opposed to gay marriage, as blacks have expressed greater opposition to it in polls over recent years — so much so that the passage of anti-gay initiatives like California's Proposition 8 were (inaccurately) attributed to black voters. “There is not a chance in God’s green earth that African Americans support same-sex marriage,” Frank Schubert, the national political director of the National Organization for Marriage, which is opposed to gay marriage, told the post

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/23/black-shift-on-gay-marriage_n_1540160.html

At the time Obama first endorsed marriage equality, a bare majority supported 'gay marriage'. 53% in above article. Two days before Obama spoke, May 8, Gallup, reported 50%-48%.

Exactly the same thing happened within the Latino community. In 2011, Hispanics opposed marriage equality 54-42%. By election day, 2012:-

Latinos Support Legalizing Gay Marriage, Exit Polls Show

Conservatives may have another problem wooing Hispanic voters.

Latino voters are more likely than the electorate in general to support gay marriage, according to exit polls reported by ABC News. The change, which other polling has tracked over the last year, indicates that the fast-growing Latino population may play a pivotal role in expanding gay marriage across the country.

Nearly six-in-ten Latino voters (59%) said their state should legally recognize same-sex marriage while 32% said their state should not. But among all voters, about half (48%) favored legalization of gay marriage while nearly the same share said they would oppose it (47%). Non-Hispanic whites were the most opposed to states legally sanctioning same-sex marriage (47% favored but 50% were opposed)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/13/latinos-gay-marriage-exit-polls_n_2124515.html?ir=Gay+Voices

Obama led. Period.