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From: Brumar895/11/2012 9:24:33 PM
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Poll: 40 percent say Obama's gay marriage stance will affect vote

By DONOVAN SLACK | 5/11/12 4:27 PM EDT

Gallup is out with a new poll suggesting a whopping 40 percent of Americans say President Obama's newly public support of gay marriage will affect their votes.

Of those, 26 percent say it will make them less likely to vote for Obama, while 13 percent say it will make them more likely to vote for him.

The critical number in the poll, though is for independents - 23 percent of whom said the gay marriage support makes it less likely they will vote for Obama.

The USA Today/Gallup survey is the first since the president publicly endorsed gay marriage on Wednesday with unknown political fallout.

Gallup analyst Jeffrey Jones said that at first blush, it would appear the declaration is a "net minus" for Obama, although that could change.

"It is important to note that the poll's results give a sense of Americans' immediate reactions to Obama's position," he wrote in his analysis. "It is possible that the impact of Obama's same-sex marriage position will ultimately be greater or lesser, depending on the attention paid to the same-sex marriage issue during the duration of the presidential campaign."

Overall, respondents approved of the president's support of gay marriage 51-45, which roughly mirrors the split between voters on gay marriage in general found in earlier Gallup polls.

The poll was conducted of a random sample of 1,013 adults in all 50 states and the District of Columbia on Thursday. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percent.

http://www.politico.com/politico44/2012/05/poll-percent-say-obamas-gay-marriage-stance-will-123212.html
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