http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/11/08/6025 News, analysis and fact-checking of anti-gay rhetoric Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:36:39 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/11/08/6025/comment-page-1#comment-22583 werdna Sun, 09 Nov 2008 17:39:34 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=6025#comment-22583 Joel-That's bad math. If we take the percentage of voters who self-identify as LGBT to be representative of the population as a whole it would suggest that LGBTs are 4% of the population. It works like this: if voters are 40% of the total population and LGBT voters are 4% of voters, that means LGBTs who vote are 1.6% of the whole population (4% of 40%). As you suggest, its hard to know if LGBTs vote at a higher or lower percentage than the population at large. Joel-That’s bad math. If we take the percentage of voters who self-identify as LGBT to be representative of the population as a whole it would suggest that LGBTs are 4% of the population. It works like this: if voters are 40% of the total population and LGBT voters are 4% of voters, that means LGBTs who vote are 1.6% of the whole population (4% of 40%). As you suggest, its hard to know if LGBTs vote at a higher or lower percentage than the population at large.

]]> http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/11/08/6025/comment-page-1#comment-22464 Joel Sat, 08 Nov 2008 23:24:09 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=6025#comment-22464 And if they follow with the rest of the population which,this year, had a 40% of the population turnout then there's 10% of gay ppl in US. I would like to think, however, that gay ppl had a higher turnout as they have 1 more thing at stake other than the economy, healthcare... etc. And if they follow with the rest of the population which,this year, had a 40% of the population turnout then there’s 10% of gay ppl in US. I would like to think, however, that gay ppl had a higher turnout as they have 1 more thing at stake other than the economy, healthcare… etc.

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