WASHINGTON - The LGBT community has seen public opinion shift in recent years on a range of issues, including same-sex marriage and equal rights. A recent poll shows one more issue illustrative of this trend: Voters have become much more accepting of gay Americans seeking the highest office in the land.
Elliot Imse, spokesman for the LGBTQ Victory Fund, a group that helps elect gay people to office, said that Americans' views on LGBTQ people in politics have changed with other cultural shifts. Millennials are the largest voting bloc in the country, and it's easy to attribute the attitudinal change primarily to these younger voters, who generally have more liberal positions on social issues. But that doesn't totally explain the pivot.
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