“The fact that Buttigieg is a legitimate candidate makes me feel terrific. But it also reminds of me of what it cost for us to get here,” said Donald Bell, a retired college administrator.
Elizabeth WeiseSAN FRANCISCO – When Donald Bell was growing up in a small town in Illinois, the only place to get information about being gay was the public library.
In fact, The Des Moines Register's Iowa Poll found 25% of Iowa's likely Democratic caucus-goers said he was their first choice for president, besting rivals Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, all of whom were about 10 percentage points behind the South Bend, Ind., mayor.The Iowa caucuses are the first in a series of state contests in 2020. Winning the state’s Feb.
“Something had happened that I never conceived could have happened in my lifetime,” he said. For some LGBTQ people, he expects those same tears should Buttigieg make it to the general election ballot in 2020. Buttigieg himself says he’s mindful of the example he sets. On his campaign bus last week, he said he couldn’t imagine what it would have been like for a teenage version of himself to see a viable,"out" candidate for president.
He calls for “Medicare for all who want it” and keeping private insurance but also making a government-backed health insurance option available. A recent poll of voters in Georgia, where the state’s Democratic primary is slated for March 24, found Buttigieg beating President Donald Trump 46%-43%. The Atlanta-Journal Constitution poll found other Democratic contenders running better than Buttigieg against Trump, but not significantly so. It had Trump losing to Biden in Georgia by 8 percentage points, 51%-43%, Sanders winning 48%-44% and Warren ahead 47%-44%.
Michael Bronski said Buttigieg might face the so-called Bradley effect, where voters lie to pollsters to mask their prejudices. Bronski is a gay activist and professor of women's and gender studies at Harvard University whose most recent book is"A Queer History of the United States for Young People."
While large portions of the U.S. population will now consider voting for LGBTQ candidates, it’s no accident that the first serious presidential contender is white, male, Midwestern, a veteran, highly educated, married and moderate, Stein said. “He’s married. That’s something that only came after a long, hard fight. When I was 37, that wasn’t even an option,” he said.
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